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James
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Wonderful help after being arrested during a demonstration
I was arrested in December for what was deemed to be an offensive placard whilst on a pro-Palestine march. This was a new experience for me and I was given advice by some people who monitor the police action during protests. This included being given ITN's number to call for advice. I requested a call to ITN from the police station and Filip Kostanecki came and represented me.
From the moment I met him, he treated me with kindness and respect and it was very obvious that his level of knowledge, clarity and professionalism were high and he also was able to make quite a scary and worrying situation much more bearable. He explained the potential charges to me and his opinion on how my actions sat. He helped me to draft a statement for the police and thoroughly explained the likely process and helped me prepare for the interview. Everything went exactly as he said it would and I was released on police bail, which through his intervention had no conditions. When I was released he explained what would happen next and kept in contact with me via emails and telephone calls up to the point where the potential charges were dropped.
As a 60 year old man with no previous problems with the police, this was an unpleasant experience but Filip was a true beam of light in the darkness.
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