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Taunton street preacher s attempt to sue police for wrongful arrest in Bristol thrown out
Police said they had to act quickly in the face of potential violence
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Footage from the Bristol city centre incident (Image: SWNS)
A street preacher’s civil case against the police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment has been rejected.
The case against Avon and Somerset Police was lodged by Mike Overd, 56, along with three other preachers in December last year.
The claim was made following a 2016 incident in Bristol city centre when Mr Overd, of Taunton, was forcibly removed and arrested.
The civil action for damages against the force alleged wrongful arrest, assault/trespass, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, misfeasance in public office and infringement of human rights.
A SOMERSET man dubbed Britain s most arrested preacher was reported to police for shouting to crowds Father Christmas isn t real. Former paratrooper Mike Overd, 56, was accused of causing alarm, harassment and distress, on Christmas Eve by telling children that Santa didn t exist. The controversial preacher was with three others in a town centre between 2-4pm who were reading from the Bible and singing Christmas carols. He claims a PCSO approached him after receiving complaints from members of the public that he was upsetting youngsters in Taunton, Somerset. When he refused to stop, the PCSO radioed for back up and a police car and van arrived.
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Preacher Mike Overd. (Screenshot credit: Christian Concern/YouTube)
Four Christian preachers in the United Kingdom, known as the Bristol Four, will challenge the Avon and Somerset Police Departments over their arrests following an incident caught on video in 2016.
Christian Concern reports Mike Overd, Don Karns, Mike Stockwell, and AJ Clarke are bringing their lawsuit against the police for assault, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, misfeasance in a Public Office, and infringement of their Human Rights, in particular articles 9, 10 and 11 of the European Convention of Human Rights.
The case raises significant questions on the right to freedom of speech and the freedom of Christian preachers in the UK to exercise their religious beliefs and to have the right to freedom of assembly in public.
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