I am a British youth worker who has never broken the law,so being treated like a terrorism suspect on my way to a family holiday was devastatingThis week I have left my domestic town of Luton for the first time in more than five months to proceed on holiday to an English resort with my wife and our five children. Travelling anywhere involving an airport is now too terrifying for all of us. Until now I have been too scared even to leave Luton.
Last October my wife and I were wrongly arrested and detained on suspicion of terrorist activity while on our way to a family holiday in Turkey. We were prevented from joining our extended family as I was held overnight in a cell at Southwark police station, where we were questioned to find out whether we were planning a terrorism attack. My wife was forced to breastfeed our youngest child, or then four months old,in a police cell. I was released from custody the following day and the investigation was discontinued. But all of us are still suffering the fallout from that wrongful arrest. Our lawyer has lodged a formal complaint approximately the way we were treated, which the Metropolitan police is now investigating.
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Source: theguardian.com