Table of Contents
- Compensation and Trauma
- Details of the Arrest
- Parents' Statements
- Issues with the School
- Police Response
- FAQ
PARENTS who were arrested for expressing their concerns about a school have stated that their compensation will not alleviate their daughter's trauma from witnessing the police take them away.
They were detained by six officers in front of their three-year-old daughter on suspicion of harassment and malicious communications.
Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine were detained by six police officers in front of their three-year-old daughterCredit: Refer to source
Rosalind Levine, Maxie Allen, and their daughtersCredit: Supplied
Police have finally admitted that the arrest was unlawfulCredit: Supplied
Initially, the police defended their arrest of the parents in January but later agreed to a £20,000 compensation.
After nearly a year, the police acknowledged that the legal grounds for the arrest were “not established” and have formally accepted liability for wrongful arrest and detention.
The parents had sent multiple emails to Cowley Primary School in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, and made “disparaging” comments in a parent group.
Officers were seen approaching the front door of the couple’s home in Borehamwood in January. They were then led away in front of their crying daughter and spent the subsequent eight hours in a cell.
Speaking out, Maxie, 50, told MailOnline about how traumatized their three-year-old daughter Francesca was during the incident.
Neither parent was permitted to comfort her before they were taken away, and the police called the young girl’s grandmother to look after her instead.
Rosalind, 47, recalled: “Both of those experiences were extremely distressing.
“The shock was overwhelming. My heart was racing so fast I thought I might faint.”
Francesca was terrified when the six officers arrived at their door.
She previously expressed that she feared “Sascha was dead” and described her toddler as “cowering in the corner, terrified.”
The couple’s older daughter, Sascha, was at school during the ordeal.
“She was in her third day at a new school, looking for me at pick-up… but I was locked in a police cell.”
When the parents were finally released at 1 am, they discovered their children asleep, holding each other’s hands.
“It’s an image that haunts me,” Maxie said.
The Times Radio producer described the situation as “dystopian” and a “huge overreach.”
He accused Cowley Hill of attempting to “silence concerned parents.”
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