A Chessington man who claims his son was slapped by ambulance staff and held down by six police officers has made a formal complaint against the emergency services.
James Anderson, of Willcocks Close, has slammed the "brutality" of the emergency services after his 18-year-old son Alexander Wright was attacked during a night out.
Mr Anderson said his son was in a distressed state when he arrived at Kingston hospital on April 26 and was then hit by ambulance staff and knelt on by six police officers while awaiting a Cat scan for a possible bleed on the brain.
Mr Anderson, a driving instructor, said Alexander, a former Epsom College pupil, had earlier staggered home on April 26 after being attacked and hit over the head near Red Lion Road in Tolworth.
"He was clearly concussed and in shock and was vomiting," he said.
He was delirious, he didn't know where he was or who I was and yes, he was agitated and was shouting out, but he had just been attacked and didn't deserve this.
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"I have the utmost respect for the emergency services and I understand they have to use reasonable force but this was not reasonable - it was frightening."
Mr Anderson, who was threatened with arrest for trying to intervene, said the alleged assault left Alexander with visible cuts, bruises and a black eye.
He has now put in a formal complaint against Kingston police and London Ambulance Service (LAS).
"He had his arms bent under him the wrong way and he was screaming when the officers were kneeling on him," he said.
"It was very upsetting."
Alexander was discharged on April 28 after treatment for a head injury which has left him with short-term memory loss.
Mr Anderson said it was "appalling" that nobody had been to take Alexander's statement about the initial attack in Tolworth.
"This was not a Saturday night brawl the police and ambulance had arrived at - it was a kid with an injury," he said.
"Where is the professionalism of the authorities? He was a patient not a prisoner."
Kingston police and the LAS confirmed they did attend an incident involving Mr Wright.
A spokeswoman for Kingston police said a complaint has been made which is now subject to a "professional standards investigation" and they could not pass further comment until this was resolved.
An LAS spokeswoman said: "This incident is the subject of a formal complaint and it would be inappropriate to comment further pending the outcome of an internal investigation.
Generally the police absolute zero interest in violent assaults in and around nightclubs. Good luck with your complaint to the IPCC, watch the Met Police don’t frame your son up on their internal CRIS system. Once this happens he will become an easy target for future bogus and vindictive arrest
Generally the police absolute zero interest in violent assaults in and around nightclubs. Good luck with your complaint to the IPCC, watch the Met Police don’t frame your son up on their internal CRIS system. Once this happens he will become an easy target for future bogus and vindictive arrest
Generally the police have absolutely zero interest in violent assaults in and around nightclubs. Good luck with your complaint to the IPCC, watch the Met Police don’t frame your son up on their internal CRIS system. Once this happens he will become an easy target for future bogus and vindictive arrest based on some perverse fabrication
Generally the police have absolutely zero interest in violent assaults in and around nightclubs. Good luck with your complaint to the IPCC, watch the Met Police don’t frame your son up on their internal CRIS system. Once this happens he will become an easy target for future bogus and vindictive arrest based on some perverse fabrication
Why should our emergency services put up with people shouting at them. Reading between the lines, it seems that the boy in question was being abusive to ambulence staff and was restained because of this. This seems reasonable. I have worked in A/E on weekends and the level of abuse you get is crazy, well done to the police etc for stepping in this time.
Why should our emergency services put up with people shouting at them. Reading between the lines, it seems that the boy in question was being abusive to ambulence staff and was restained because of this. This seems reasonable. I have worked in A/E on weekends and the level of abuse you get is crazy, well done to the police etc for stepping in this time.
As per usual, the police are nowhere to be seen at the scene of the crime (when he was attacked) and then 6 turn up at the hospital and go berserk. I had the misfortune of attending A&E one Saturday night last year with food poisoning - hadn't drunk a drop of alcohol and was so weak that I barely spoke. Yet I was shouted at, told I would have to clean up the floor if I missed the cardboard 'bucket' and then was manhandled onto a bed and put on a drip. I realised that the thick nurses assumed I was drunk and had brought it on myself. When I had some strength I politely pointed out I wasn't under the influence. Their attitude changed markedly! They still discharged me while I was still vomiting and very weak, unable to walk far and no money for a cab. The only time I've seen the inside of a hospital in years. Thanks NHS!
As per usual, the police are nowhere to be seen at the scene of the crime (when he was attacked) and then 6 turn up at the hospital and go berserk. I had the misfortune of attending A&E one Saturday night last year with food poisoning - hadn't drunk a drop of alcohol and was so weak that I barely spoke. Yet I was shouted at, told I would have to clean up the floor if I missed the cardboard 'bucket' and then was manhandled onto a bed and put on a drip. I realised that the thick nurses assumed I was drunk and had brought it on myself. When I had some strength I politely pointed out I wasn't under the influence. Their attitude changed markedly! They still discharged me while I was still vomiting and very weak, unable to walk far and no money for a cab. The only time I've seen the inside of a hospital in years. Thanks NHS!
Posted by: Same old story, London on 10:09pm Sat 10 May 08
People like Colin need to wake up! Firstly if you read the story Mr Anderson's son staggered home after the attack, implying that police were not called to the scene of the assault in the first instance. What are you implying Colin? that there should be a police unit waiting on every corner of the borough just incase an incident takes place? People like you really **** me off, maybe an attachment with police unit for an evening would open your eyes up to the real world, you wouldn't last five minutes. What an arrogant man you are, and as for the 'thick' nurses that you go on to moan about.... am sure they had your card marked and treated you with as much respect as you obviously treated them.
People like Colin need to wake up! Firstly if you read the story Mr Anderson's son staggered home after the attack, implying that police were not called to the scene of the assault in the first instance. What are you implying Colin? that there should be a police unit waiting on every corner of the borough just incase an incident takes place? People like you really **** me off, maybe an attachment with police unit for an evening would open your eyes up to the real world, you wouldn't last five minutes. What an arrogant man you are, and as for the 'thick' nurses that you go on to moan about.... am sure they had your card marked and treated you with as much respect as you obviously treated them.
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