Student who was wrongfully arrested on suspicion of being a terrorist is awarded £20,000 by police

Mail Online
September 15, 2011

A student who was arrested under the Terrorism Act and kept in custody for six days has been awarded £20,000 compensation by the police.

Rizwaan Sabir, 22, who was studying for a master’s at Nottingham University, was arrested after downloading a terrorist manual for his research on al Qaeda.

Police arrested him on the university campus on May 14, 2008 on suspicion of possessing extremist material.

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