killed by a drunk driver<\/a> while on holiday in Ibiza in 2010.<\/p>\nAt one point they described his collection of books and issues of The Spectator as \u201cvery Brexity things\u201d.<\/p>\n
After, he was taken to Medway police station where he was booked in, fingerprinted, photographed and had his DNA taken.<\/p>\n
He was held in a cell for eight hours before he was interviewed at 9pm.<\/p>\n
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Police searched Mr Foulkes home for over an hour before arresting him. Picture: Stock<\/p>\n
It was only then that Mr Foulkes was informed what exactly he had been arrested for.<\/p>\n
He denied he intended to cause distress or alarm five times but was bailed and told to return on February 1 last year.<\/p>\n
Just over a week later he returned to the station to be issued a caution but over summer last year he challenged this with help from a solicitor.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Kent Police said: \u201cOn 2 November 2023 a report was made to Kent Police about a social media post that was alleged to have been offensive, and Mr Foulkes was arrested on the same day.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough he was offered and accepted an unconditional caution following his own independent legal advice, a subsequent review of the case by the force concluded that the caution was not appropriate in the circumstances and should not have been issued.<\/p>\n
\u201cKent Police apologises to Mr Foulkes for the distress caused and how the report was investigated. We have expunged the caution from his record and are pleased to facilitate this correction.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr Foulkes has been informed of the decision and a further review of the matter will now be carried out to identify any learning opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Foulkes was detained in a cell at Medway police station in Gillingham. Stock picture<\/p>\n
Mr Foulkes told The Telegraph: \u201cIt\u2019s cost me money I can\u2019t afford. I\u2019m a pensioner \u2013 not one of these millionaire retirees you read about.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a disaster. It\u2019s like PTSD.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou push it to the back of your mind, but it comes back and you relive it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just so wrong \u2013 and especially painful because I\u2019d spent 10 years working with these people for no remuneration.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did it because I believed in it and enjoyed it. I left with a certificate from the chief constable, thanking me for my service. Now, all those memories feel trashed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLaw-abiding people should not be investigated for non-existent thought crimes\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Commenting on the arrest, Mrs Braverman said: \u201cLaw-abiding people should not be investigated for non-existent thought crimes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Met and Kent Police must investigate how this took place and formally apologise to Mr Foulkes.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth forces must be held accountable for their actions which were a shameful waste of time, money and resources.\u201d<\/p>\n
A Home Office spokesman said: \u201cThis incident occurred under the previous government.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Home Secretary has made clear that she believes all police forces should be focused on the central priorities of the Government\u2019s Safer Streets Mission, including rebuilding neighbourhood policing, reducing anti-social behaviour, and making progress towards the unprecedented ambition to halve knife crime and violence against women and girls within a decade.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A retired special constable was arrested after posting a warning on X about anti-Semitism in the aftermath of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[188,609,607,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-92581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-human-interest","11":"tag-medway","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114488912617123159","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}