An insurance worker who rang 999 from the back of a police van after officers 'roughed him up' has won £10,000 in damages.
Innocent Tomas James was wrongly arrested and bundled into a police van after taking his girlfriend to hospital in Cardiff.
Mr James, 28, dialled 999 to speak to emergency services as he was left handcuffed and locked in the police van.
He claimed he was hit with a baton and punched in the head, and had called emergency services for protection from the officers who arrested him .... Read more at http://www.dailymail.co.uk
999 is an official emergency telephone number in a number of countries which allows the caller to contact emergency services for urgent assistance.
States using 999 include the United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Macao, Bahrain, Qatar, Bangladesh, Botswana, Ghana,Kenya, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mauritius, Singapore, Zimbabwe, and Trinidad and Tobago.
