"Footage from police body-worn cameras of Buzzard-Quashie's arrest in Northampton was published exclusively by the BBC after Northamptonshire Police repeatedly told a court the footage did not exist. The chief constable was found guilty of contempt of court and fined 50,000, while it is understood the force has paid out a further 275,000 in legal costs to date."
"She was tracked down to the gateway of Althorp House stately home by police officers who checked on her welfare then followed her car for 15 minutes. The footage showed officers in a third police car throw metal spikes in front of her Range Rover causing her to pull over. Minutes later two officers forced her to the ground for failing to stop, whereupon she said her face was pushed into stinging nettles."
"A high-ranking officer at Northamptonshire Police and two staff members are being investigated for allegedly perverting the course of justice in relation to the court action. The government has said its thoughts are with a woman who claims she was assaulted and falsely imprisoned by two police forces."
Nadine Buzzard-Quashie is seeking substantial damages following arrests by the Met Police in London and Northamptonshire Police five years ago. Body-worn camera footage of her Northampton arrest, which police claimed did not exist, was published by the BBC, leading to the chief constable being found guilty of contempt of court and fined £50,000. Northamptonshire Police has paid £275,000 in legal costs. A high-ranking officer and two staff members face investigation for allegedly perverting the course of justice. Buzzard-Quashie, who was in poor mental health and reported missing, was tracked to Althorp House where officers deployed metal spikes to stop her vehicle, then forcibly detained her. She alleges officers arrested her to retrieve CCTV footage from the Met Police showing her in custody.
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