The client was prosecuted for driving with excess alcohol. The issues in the case were degrading treatment, grossly disproportionate force and inhumane conditions by the police amounting to torture. The client had passed out in the police van from lack of ventilation, urinated in his clothes from being denied toilet facilities and sustained loss of sensation to his hands from the misuse of handcuffs. The charges were discontinued before trial after Laura Heywood (reviewing lawyer) wrote to the prosecution arguing a fair trial was not possible as the police had failed to supply body worn video footage.