A royal superfan was left in tears after being arrested and kept locked up for 13 hours at the Coronation because she was standing near protesters
Ms Chambers said she was taken to Wandsworth police station, questioned, searched, held in a cell and had her DNA, fingerprints and mugshot taken."I think the only question they asked me was, ‘Why were you on The Mall?'” Ms Chambers said."I explained the whole thing, how I went down there at 7am to get a good spot, how I went one way and it was blocked and I ended up walking back to where there seemed to be some space.
She said: "Everyone on the Tube had had the most incredible day, and there’s me that had the complete opposite." Chief Inspector Simon Outen from the Professional Standards Department at Lincolnshire Police, said: "Our officers were in central London providing mutual aid support to colleagues in the Met on Saturday 6 May, and during that time, a woman in her 30s was arrested in connection with a Just Stop Oil protest."We have now received a complaint and we are reviewing the incident, and we are in contact with the complainant to establish the full details of her allegations.
Some 64 people were arrested at the Coronation overall, with the Met criticised in some quarters for a heavy-handed approach.Police bosses said a review concluded there was no proof the group of activists were planning to "lock on" - a now regular tactic employed by protestors which has been banned under the law.
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