http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/29/2939879.htm
LONDON, ENGLAND
Arthur Crawford, 57, is suing the London Police. Six days ago, he was the manager of a local Baskin Robbins.
Five days ago, Arthur was walking to work in the morning when Officer Ieuan Gillan, 23, mistook him for Terrance Whittikar, a man who a week before had robbed a gas station nearby. According to Gillan "I don't know what to tell you; Crawford looks exactly like Whittikar except he has a beard. As an officer, you're trained to look out for deceits like that, people often try to disguise themselves with facial hair." Whittikar himself was arrested June 28 when police investigated his sister's apartment.
Though Crawford protested and insisted that he did not even know Whittikar, showing his driver's license (which Gillan dismissed and confiscated as a fake, as well as taking away his cell phone, iPod, and PokeWalker), Gillan drove him to the local police department twenty minutes away, where Crawford was forced to wait nine hours in a holding cell for the police to confirm his identity. He was issued a formal apology by the police.
After the ordeal, Crawford returned home rather than go to work, as his shift was now long since over. According to Crawford, "I just collapsed into bed, the entire thing had just been so trying."
Unfortunately, June 25 was the day Crawford was to be visited by a representative of the franchise's headquarters in Massachusetts (the United States). The representative, whose organization has requested the withholding of his name, furious at Crawford's missing his appointment and not answering his home or cell phones for nine hours, recommended his termination of contract.
When asked why he didn't call his work when he knew a high-up representative was there, Crawford's lawyer responded "My client was tired, hungry, and not thinking straight."
When Crawford returned to work the next day, he found his job gone and given to the Assistant Manager (Miley Reynolds, 28). Crawford attempted to explain, but his Baskin Robbins contract explicitly states their right to terminate his employment for any reason. Crawford has thus elected to sue the London Police.
"It's their fault, after all, don't you know?"
Police Chief Samuel Hughs responds "Though the mistake was ours, all actions taken by my men were entirely reasonable, and this suit is frivolous."
LONDON, ENGLAND
Arthur Crawford, 57, is suing the London Police. Six days ago, he was the manager of a local Baskin Robbins.
Five days ago, Arthur was walking to work in the morning when Officer Ieuan Gillan, 23, mistook him for Terrance Whittikar, a man who a week before had robbed a gas station nearby. According to Gillan "I don't know what to tell you; Crawford looks exactly like Whittikar except he has a beard. As an officer, you're trained to look out for deceits like that, people often try to disguise themselves with facial hair." Whittikar himself was arrested June 28 when police investigated his sister's apartment.
Though Crawford protested and insisted that he did not even know Whittikar, showing his driver's license (which Gillan dismissed and confiscated as a fake, as well as taking away his cell phone, iPod, and PokeWalker), Gillan drove him to the local police department twenty minutes away, where Crawford was forced to wait nine hours in a holding cell for the police to confirm his identity. He was issued a formal apology by the police.
After the ordeal, Crawford returned home rather than go to work, as his shift was now long since over. According to Crawford, "I just collapsed into bed, the entire thing had just been so trying."
Unfortunately, June 25 was the day Crawford was to be visited by a representative of the franchise's headquarters in Massachusetts (the United States). The representative, whose organization has requested the withholding of his name, furious at Crawford's missing his appointment and not answering his home or cell phones for nine hours, recommended his termination of contract.
When asked why he didn't call his work when he knew a high-up representative was there, Crawford's lawyer responded "My client was tired, hungry, and not thinking straight."
When Crawford returned to work the next day, he found his job gone and given to the Assistant Manager (Miley Reynolds, 28). Crawford attempted to explain, but his Baskin Robbins contract explicitly states their right to terminate his employment for any reason. Crawford has thus elected to sue the London Police.
"It's their fault, after all, don't you know?"
Police Chief Samuel Hughs responds "Though the mistake was ours, all actions taken by my men were entirely reasonable, and this suit is frivolous."
