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  • by mawspurs, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:51 PM

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    Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer Jermain Defoe is to start legal action against Essex Police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.

    Mr Defoe's solicitor, Nick Freeman, said the footballer had authorised him to start proceedings relating to his arrest on 27 July.

    Mr Defoe, 26, was stopped in his Range Rover and arrested on suspicion of driving while disqualified.

    Essex Police said it was investigating the claims.

    A statement from the force said: "Essex Police is conducting an internal investigation and is liaising with Mr Defoe's legal team to ascertain the details of his complaint.

    "It would be inappropriate to comment any further at this time."

    Police apology

    According to Mr Freeman, the Spurs striker, who lives in Cuffley, Hertfordshire, was not disqualified at the time of his arrest.

    He had previously been banned from driving but this ban was not in effect at the time, as it was pending appeal.

    Mr Freeman claims that Essex Police kept Mr Defoe in custody for several hours before releasing him.

    The BBC has seen a letter of apology addressed to Mr Defoe from the acting Deputy Chief Constable of Essex Police.

    It contains a formal apology for the arrest and confirms that an internal investigation has been launched.

    Nick Freeman added that his client was suing the police as a matter of principle, and that should he win, any money would be donated to charity.

    The striker scored both goals for England in a 2-2 draw away to the Netherlands on Wednesday night.
    mawspurs, Aug 13, 2009
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Discussion in 'Spurscommunity Front Page News' started by mawspurs, Aug 13, 2009.

  1. vietnam1973
    dont agree with this, fuckin bullshit why be greedy and demand money he doesnt need, cant he just accept the police made a genuine mistake and make do, i guess the taxpayer will be footing the bill
    vietnam1973, Aug 13, 2009
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  2. Black
    exactly
    Black, Aug 14, 2009
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  3. Leo
    read it again.
    Leo, Aug 14, 2009
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  4. kcmei
    he is donated it to charity
    kcmei, Aug 14, 2009
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  5. LA-Spurs
    genuine mistake , my ar5ena1, sue the bastards for every penny.
    LA-Spurs, Aug 14, 2009
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  6. TrueYid
    I can just imagine some young smug copper thinking "Oh look, I can arrest a footballer"

    If I was wrongfuly imprisoned I would sue too, I have no problem with this.

    Drunk driving on the other hand...
    TrueYid, Aug 14, 2009
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  7. vietnam1973
    ok fair one i missed the charity part, still the tax payer will be paying for this one, and to the point of some little upstart copper, i imagine defoe (as much as i like the guy) sat in his massive fuck off landrover giving the copper the big iam attitude, anyway mistakes get made why does there always have to be a lawsuit, fuck that its like america now in this country
    vietnam1973, Aug 14, 2009
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  8. matty182
    They shouldve been out catching proper criminals
    matty182, Aug 14, 2009
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  9. tcyrus

    Mate your a joke !
    Do you think he needed to be arrested and put in a cell .

    Oh i forgot how violent Defoe could be !
    And don't tell this was know mistake.
    tcyrus, Aug 14, 2009
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  10. vietnam1973
    if the police thought he was guilty of driving while banned then what are they to do just believe jermaines not lying, come on the police hear this shit all day, what happend to jermaine was wrong yeah but why does he have to sue?? what will that achieve
    vietnam1973, Aug 14, 2009
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  11. mawspurs
    The police hear things like that but not from public figures like Defoe. It was not just his arrest it was the way he was treated by the police, from what I recall of the story when it happened. They really d*cked him around.
    mawspurs, Aug 14, 2009
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  12. LA-Spurs
    bet your a pig ,you got to be a 100% sure before you bang some one up.
    LA-Spurs, Aug 14, 2009
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  13. vietnam1973
    bet your a *****, no i arnt just dont like the way everybody wants to sue, like the fat idiot americans :shrug:
    vietnam1973, Aug 14, 2009
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  14. striebs
    JD's made his point and made the police look like ****s .

    If he pursues it any further then he'll only look like one himself and set himself up for a fall when he is in the wrong without a leg to stand on .

    His solicitor must be loving the free publicity and seeing dollar signs as Vietnam1973 might say .


    Should take it out on Liverpool - how on earth did Gerrard walk free .
    striebs, Aug 14, 2009
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