Ollivierre & Others v The Chief Constable of Thames
Valley Police (2010) was a Central London County Court
Decision from His Honour Judge Collender QC.
A recent case examines the threshold for arrest and the
requirement of objective reasonable grounds for suspicion.
Background
On 7 May 2005, Mary-Ann Leneghan and her friend, referred to
throughout as "M", were victims of one of the most
disturbing crimes that Thames Valley Police have seen in recent
years. In a botched revenge attack, the girls, aged 16 and 18
respectively, were kidnapped and taken to a hotel in Reading.
There, they were raped, tortured and forced to take drugs. The
girls were then driven to a park, where Mary-Ann was stabbed over
40 times and M was shot in the head. Mary-Ann died but,
miraculously, her friend survived.
