Disabled man wins $6K from cops after being mistaken for bus masturbator: Theyve put my life in danger

A man has won a £5k [$6159.10 USD] payout from police after being wrongly accused of masturbating at a woman on a London bus.Brent Naylor, from Finsbury Park, north London, was arrested over the incident after he was ‘identified’ following a Metropolitan Police appeal.But, despite officers soon realizing he wasn’t their man, the damage was done — as neighbors saw him being nicked.The 56-year-old says the police’s incompetence in arresting him for an indecent exposure he did not commit has made him the subject of verbal and physical attacks ever since. Brent, who is disabled, has been assaulted, evicted from his home and even banned from his favorite pub since being handcuffed by six officers at his front door, he claims.He said: “They pinned it all on me without actually investigating at all.It was disgusting.

The description of the guy was six foot. “I’m 5’8.I’m the slimmest person alive and this guy was fat.

Now I don’t trust the police.They have put my life in danger.

They are horrible people.”Mr.Naylor’s ordeal began after someone claimed he was the man in a witness appeal for indecent exposure on a 393 bus towards Kentish Town in May 2021. The man — who was over six feet tall and described as being “chubby” with dark brown hair — was reported as having got off in Islington.When police released a CCTV image, someone called up and gave Mr.

Naylor’s name.Despite looking nothing like the man in the shared image, officers arrived unannounced and arrested him in front of his neighbors. But even after being cleared of any wrongdoing, Mr.Naylor says he is still routinely heckled and threatened in the street. Just before this Christmas, he was hospitalized after being struck over the head with what’s believed to have been a bottle. “It’s not nice, getting called a nonce [alleged or convicted sex offender],” said Mr.

Naylor.“It’s embarrassing.

I know everyone around here.There are still people after me.

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