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| Gun death family can sue police | Gun death family can sue police |
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| The family of a man who was shot dead by Sussex Police while naked and unarmed can sue the force for unlawful killing, Law Lords have ruled. | |
| James Ashley, 39, from Liverpool, was shot 10 years ago as he got out of bed at his flat in Hastings which officers had a warrant to search. | James Ashley, 39, from Liverpool, was shot 10 years ago as he got out of bed at his flat in Hastings which officers had a warrant to search. |
| The policeman who fired the fatal shot was tried for murder and acquitted. | The policeman who fired the fatal shot was tried for murder and acquitted. |
| The force had argued the killing was the result of an honest mistake by the officer who thought he would be shot. | |
| Speaking after the ruling, Jane Deighton, solicitor for the Ashley family, said:"It is a tremendous vindication of both the courage of the family and the court in upholding that claimants can go to the courts for a judgment and not just use it to get money. | |
| "It is a defeat for the [now retired] chief constable of Sussex who spent the last 10 years trying to manoevre the Ashleys out of court." |