Man (39) acquitted following face-mask row to take civil action against PSNI
File photo of a woman wearing a face-mask. Jonathan Cloete was stopped by police in a Derry supermarket because he was not wearing a face-mask
17 July, 2021 01:00
A 39-year-old man is to launch a civil case against police after he was acquitted of all charges linked to an altercation in a Derry supermarket over a face-mask.
Jonathan Cloete, from Kinsale Park in the Waterside area of Derry, was stopped in a Tesco outlet by police because he was not wearing a face-mask.
He was shopping with his family when the incident happened in January.