UK War hero sues police force after they wrongly brand him a paedophile

There can't be enough money to make up for what this additional stress did to this man when he already had PTSD from serving his country in Bosnia.

War hero sues police force after they wrongly brand him a paedophile
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
A war hero with post-traumatic stress disorder is suing a police force for tens of thousands of pounds after they wrongly branded him a paedophile.

Devastated Michael Bennett, 35, suffered vigilante attacks and was banned from seeing his girlfriend's three young children.

Mr Bennett, a Royal Artillery gunner and soldier for nine years, suffered a breakdown after witnessing horrific atrocities while serving in Bosnia.

But his life went from bad to worse when blundering cops got him mixed up with another genuine sex offender living near his home in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

Warwickshire Police reported him to social services after they received a malicious phone call from a man who claimed Mr Bennett was a paedophile.

Shockingly, officers did not carry out any checks before reporting the innocent man, who now works as a lorry driver, to the authorities last summer.


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