Scotland Yard Admits Spying On 'Sick Leave' Detective On Holidays

Detective Constable Andrea Brown won a claim for breaches of data protection and human rights laws after the force admitted it had used a bogus law to get her personal details. Ms Brown, who is in her 40s, was once a poster girl for the Metropolitan Police with her photograph hanging in the force's reception area. The judge described a senior officer who investigated Ms Brown as "glib, almost flippant" with a "loose and casual grasp of the law".