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Redknapp police raid was unlawful | Redknapp police raid was unlawful |
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A police raid at the home of Portsmouth Football Club boss Harry Redknapp was unlawful, High Court judges have ruled. | |
The City of London Police, who carried out the raid, have also been ordered to pay £1,000 damages to Mr Redknapp and part of his legal costs. | |
Mr Redknapp and his wife Sandra started proceedings after the raid at their home in Sandbanks, Dorset, in November. | |
The manager, who denies any wrongdoing, was arrested by police investigating alleged corruption in football. | The manager, who denies any wrongdoing, was arrested by police investigating alleged corruption in football. |
The judges quashed a warrant for the raid, stating it was issued unlawfully by the City Of London Magistrates' Court. | The judges quashed a warrant for the raid, stating it was issued unlawfully by the City Of London Magistrates' Court. |
The obtaining of a search warrant is never to be treated as a formality Lord Justice Latham | |
They also said there had been "wholly unacceptable" procedural failures by City of London Police in applying for the warrant. | |
Lord Justice Latham, sitting with Mr Justice Underhill, said: "The obtaining of a search warrant is never to be treated as a formality. | |
"It authorises the invasion of a person's home." | |
Portsmouth Football Club said it would be releasing a statement later. | Portsmouth Football Club said it would be releasing a statement later. |
At an earlier hearing, the High Court was told Mr Redknapp was abroad at the time of the early morning raid. | |
When he arrived back in the UK later, he voluntarily attended Chichester police station where he was arrested and detained for seven hours, before being bailed. | |
After he was released on bail Mr Redknapp gave a press conference where he spoke of his "bitter disappointment" at the way the raid and his arrest had been handled. | |
A claim that police tipped off the media about the raid was rejected at a hearing earlier this month. | A claim that police tipped off the media about the raid was rejected at a hearing earlier this month. |