The Honourable Mr Justice Turner, in the case of Ms Cheryl Pile (Claimant) and the Chief Constable of Merseyside Police (Defendant).
The complaint was;
"Cheryl Pile brings this appeal to establish the liberty of inebriated English subjects to be allowed to lie undisturbed overnight in their own vomit soaked clothing. Of course, such a right, although perhaps of dubious practical utility, will generally extend to all adults of sound mind who are intoxicated at home. Ms Pile, however, was not at home. She was at a police station in Liverpool having been arrested for the offence of being drunk and disorderly. She had emptied the contents of her stomach all over herself and was too insensible with drink to have much idea of either where she was or what she was doing there. Rather than leave the vulnerable claimant to marinade overnight in her own bodily fluids, four female police officers removed her outer clothing and provided her with a clean dry outfit to wear."
The ruling was;
"All that happened to the claimant was a consequence of what was clearly her own failure to engage and flowed from … the legitimate and good faith concerns of the police to ensure that she was safe while in custody.
This appeal is dismissed."
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2020/2472.html
In the UK, we have lost the right to spend the night in police cells whilst lying in our own vomit.
The complaint was;
"Cheryl Pile brings this appeal to establish the liberty of inebriated English subjects to be allowed to lie undisturbed overnight in their own vomit soaked clothing. Of course, such a right, although perhaps of dubious practical utility, will generally extend to all adults of sound mind who are intoxicated at home. Ms Pile, however, was not at home. She was at a police station in Liverpool having been arrested for the offence of being drunk and disorderly. She had emptied the contents of her stomach all over herself and was too insensible with drink to have much idea of either where she was or what she was doing there. Rather than leave the vulnerable claimant to marinade overnight in her own bodily fluids, four female police officers removed her outer clothing and provided her with a clean dry outfit to wear."
The ruling was;
"All that happened to the claimant was a consequence of what was clearly her own failure to engage and flowed from … the legitimate and good faith concerns of the police to ensure that she was safe while in custody.
This appeal is dismissed."
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2020/2472.html
In the UK, we have lost the right to spend the night in police cells whilst lying in our own vomit.
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