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10 years ago - The Times Friday, August 15, 2008 Police to be charged on Paceville beatings One or more police officers are expected to be charged in the coming days in connection with the alleged beating of two handcuffed migrants in Paceville late in June.What happened on... August 15
10 years ago - The Times Friday, August 15, 2008 Police to be charged on Paceville beatings One or more police officers are expected to be charged in the coming days in connection with the alleged beating of two handcuffed migrants in Paceville late in June. An internal police investigation, launched following a report carried in The Times next day, has recommended that charges be pressed against at least one officer, police sources have told The Times. Eyewitnesses had mentioned as many as five officers being involved in the beating of one of the migrants, Sudanese Suleiman Abubaker, and another three in that of the other, a 26-year-old Ivorian, Kaba Konate. However, police sources say only one officer is likely to have been consistently identified by the main eyewitnesses. The incidents, which occurred a few hours apart from each other, took place in Paceville’s main square very late on a Friday night. Both migrants had been given suspended sentences for assaulting the police in speedy court proceedings. But several eyewitnesses, spearheaded by Rebecca Filletti, who was arrested on the night of the incident after questioning the methods used by the police, said that they had... Read more