Court bid cops lose.FIVE police officers cleared of murdering an unarmed man have lost their appeal for damages for psychiatric stress. High Court judges told them their case had "no real prospect of success". The five were involved in a raid the home of James Ashley For the United States Congressional Representative, see James Mitchell Ashley. For the British politician, see James Ashley (politician). James Ashley was a 39-year-old man who was killed during a police raid on his flat in St Leonards, East Sussex, United Kingdom, on , 39, at St Leonards-on-Sea This Article Is About The Hastings Areas Of St. Leonards And West ST. Leonards. For The Whole Town See Hastings Town Although part of the town & Borough of Hastings and an ancient parish in its own right, the area that became known as St Leonards-on-Sea in 1998. He was shot dead after jumping out of bed naked but a later murder charge was thrown out. The officers sued the Chief Constable of Sussex Police, claiming a lack of training and failures by bosses led to the shooting and had caused them psychiatric stress. |
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