Met pays damages to assault case MP
12 April 2012
A former MP has been paid undisclosed damages and given an apology by police following his arrest on suspicion of assaulting two teenage children, he revealed today.
Nigel Waterson, 59, then Tory MP for Eastbourne, was detained at his home in south-east London in 2008.
In a statement, Mr Waterson said: "I welcome the apology from the Metropolitan Police. They accept that there was no basis for my arrest."
In a letter to Mr Waterson, Detective Chief Inspector Adrian Baxter said: "The MPS accepts that Mr Waterson had done nothing wrong and had the full facts been available at the time, then Mr Waterson would not have been arrested."
