SOUTH Yorkshire police officers made a "serious mistake" by locking a man up and treating him as a drunk when he was the victim of an assault which left him brain-damaged and needing care for the rest of his life.Moral of this story? Hang up your goddamned cell phone while driving and this won't happen to you.
Dean Hutton, aged 23, of Buckleigh Road, Wath upon Dearne, was locked in a police cell overnight after he was attacked by two brothers armed with a scaffolding pole.
Although he was the victim, police called to the incident discovered a warrant had been issued for his arrest after he missed a court hearing for using a phone while driving.
When he was booked into a cell at Rotherham's Main Street police station the custody sergeant did not record he had a head injury - and so as his condition deteriorated as a result of the attack officers mistakenly classified him as being drunk.
After 11 hours in custody Mr Hutton's condition had deteriorated so badly he was rushed to hospital where he underwent emergency surgery for a blood clot on his brain.
[The Star]
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