Innocent man won't get compensation after what police did to his home
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn innocent man will not receive any compensation after police officers smashed their way into his home. Leo Wallace-Barr first saw the officers outside his house in Speke on his Ring doorbell app, the Liverpool Echo reports.
He was working on a job in Ambleside in Cumbria when the app 'suddenly started going berserk'. His doorbell captured a 'big commotion' outside his house.
An internal camera then captured police officers 'swarming around inside'. READ NEXT: 'TikTok lawyer' representing family involved in Manchester Airport police incident 'steps aside' Leo was left more than £2,000 out of pocket after officers smashed their way in during the raid.
But Merseyside Police said it was the 'occupier's responsibility for any repair'. Leo, who owns his own knife-sharpening business, described earlier this month how he first saw the police on his doorbell app. "I usually ignore it when I'm at work", the 65-year-old said. "It's generally just people delivering flyers or something.
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