Wrongful detentions: NSW Police to pay $1.85 million in compensation after settling class action

By Paul Bibby
Updated August 4 2015 - 7:08am, first published August 3 2015 - 4:04pm
Arrested and strip-searched: Musa Konneh was wrongfully detained for one night. Photo: Ben Rushton
Arrested and strip-searched: Musa Konneh was wrongfully detained for one night. Photo: Ben Rushton

The NSW Police force has agreed to pay a total of $1.85 million to scores of young people across the state who have been wrongfully arrested, imprisoned and in some cases strip-searched due to errors in the police database.