Dimitri Moses Wins £30,000 From Nottinghamshire Police Over Taser Fall That Fractured 3 Vertebrae
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Updated · BBC.com · May 30
Dimitri Moses Wins £30,000 From Nottinghamshire Police Over Taser Fall That Fractured 3 Vertebrae
4 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 30
£30,000 in damages was paid to Dimitri Moses after Nottinghamshire Police wrongfully Tasered him while he was climbing a gate in Nottingham in July 2021, causing a fall that left him unconscious with a fractured spine.
The civil claim argued the Taser breached policing guidance because Moses posed no identified threat; officers said they used it to stop his escape and detain him over an alleged public order offence.
Moses said he ran because he feared officers were about to beat him, after an earlier confrontation outside a bar on his 34th birthday escalated and one officer allegedly pushed him and grabbed his throat.
Body-worn cameras were off and CCTV had no audio, leaving key disputed moments unresolved; Moses was later charged with public order and resisting arrest offences, but prosecutors dropped the case.
Moses believes race played a role, though the force said its internal investigation found no evidence of that; Home Office data for 2021-22 showed black people were about five times more likely than white people to face Taser use.
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