Saturday, 20 June 2020

Nick Ferrari's Furious Row With Lawyer Who Doesn't Want Police To Have Tasers - 20 August 2019


Nick Ferrari told a lawyer who specialises in representing people who are injured by tasers that she knows nothing about policing.
The Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police has announced he is to offer tasers to all his officers who want one.
And when lawyer Sophie Khan said she didn't think tasers were the answer, things started to get very heated.
Nick Ferrari's interview with a lawyer got very heated
Nick Ferrari's interview with a lawyer got very heated. Picture: PA / LBC
Ms Khan insisted that if an officer was dealing with a person with a knife then the Territorial Support Group - the specialist officers who do carry a taser.
But Nick pointed out that these incidents happen very quickly and in rural Northamptonshire, there would be no time to get specialist officers to the scene.
Nick asked again what an officer without a taser should do if someone is coming towards them with a sword and her response was: "Ask him why he's got a knife. Ask him to put the knife down."
That led Nick to tell her: "I think you are to policing what I am to ballet dancing.
"You haven't got a clue have you, respectfully, of actual policing?
"Your knowledge of law I'm sure is exemplary, but actually out on the streets, you ask him what he's doing? He's coming at you with a sword!"
It was a remarkable row - watch it at the top of the page.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/nick-ferrari/nick-ferrari-furious-row-with-lawyer-tasers/

Saturday, 20 August 2016

Interview on BBC Radio 4 - Today Programme -16 August 2016

Taser regulation 'not strong enough'

Former Premier League footballer Dalian Atkinson has died, aged 48, after being shot with a Taser by police at his father's house.
Sophie Khan, a lawyer specialising in Taser injuries, explains to presenter Matthew Price her concerns about Taser training and regulation in the UK and questions the amount of force used by the police.
(Image: Dalian Atkinson. Credit: Getty Images)

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p044vd24

Interview on Good Morning Britain - 16 August 2016 - Taser Death

Interview on Good Morning Britain 
Taser Death





http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/700481/Dalian-Atkinson-Taser-Telford-Police-Federation

Saturday, 18 July 2015

Interview on BBC South Today 16 July 2015 - Tasered men awarded payout by Dorset Police

Interviewed on BBC South Today on payout by Dorset Police to Taser victims.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b061sw9h


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-33547218

Tasered men awarded payout by Dorset Police -16 July 2015

Tasered men awarded payout by Dorset Police

Two stag do revellers who were Tasered and pepper-sprayed by police have each received a five-figure payout.
Brothers-in-law John Naylor, 53, and Darren Corbridge, 40, were stunned by officers in Weymouth town centre in August 2010.
They had been trying to help groom Stewart Roberts - who was in dressed up as male genitalia - get a taxi.
Sophie Khan, the two men's solicitor-advocate, said the use of the weapon had been excessive.

'Excessive force'

A Dorset Police spokesperson said: "Dorset Police can confirm that an out-of-court settlement has been reached, with no admittance of liability."
He added: "It is not our practice to comment on the settlement amount."

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The National Police Chiefs Council has asked for an independent review into the safety of Tasers

Ms Khan said police also paid legal costs of £90,000.
Her clients were found guilty of attacking police in relation to what happened, but in 2012 Mr Corbridge and Mr Naylor had their convictions overturned by a judge who was shown the CCTV of the incident.
Ms Khan said: "The claim by Mr Corbridge and Mr Naylor followed a serious incident in Weymouth town centre where the use of force on them was so excessive it had to be challenged.
"I hope Dorset Police can learn from this and that it doesn't happen to anyone else."
There are about 70 officers trained to deploy Tasers in Dorset.
The National Police Chiefs Council has asked for an independent review into the safety of the weapons.
It follows a recent inquest in which a jury found the use of a Taser to restrain 23-year-old Jordon Begley in Manchester in 2013 was a factor in his death.