Pages On: Criminal Injury and Assault
For the most part, Britain is a safe place. However, violent crime is a real and present danger and can cause serious damage to victims of criminal assault. If you have been injured by a criminal, there is a scheme set up to help victims claim compensation. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) is set up to help, and our team of solicitors can guide you through the process of claiming, and build a successful case for you.
Man forced to give up job following workplace act of violence
Posted: 1 May 2016
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A 52-year-old former nursing assistant, working for the Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, has been awarded more than £13,000 in compensation for injuries sustained at work that put an end to his career. Lincolnshire resident, Andrew Eurich from Stickney, had been working at the Ash Villa Care Home for seven years when he was forced to quit – a job that he had thoroughly enjoyed. Together with a colleague, Mr Eurich had been accompanying a patient in the child and adolescent mental health service unit, when the patient struck out forcefully, causing…
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Prison service compensate assaulted gardener
Posted: 21 April 2016
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Employer Negligence, Workplace Injuries
The prison service has awarded a former gardener an undisclosed sum following an assault at HM Prison and Young Offenders Institution Onley, near Rugby in Warwickshire. The gardener, David Thomas from Northants, was attacked by several inmates who had been smoking cannabis. Mr Thomas was in the process of returning to work after a period of absence due to illness, and discovered upon his return that former safety procedures had been changed. Instead of working under the supervision of a manager, he was instructed to supervise the group of inmates on his…
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Two assaulted men to receive £100k injury payout from police force
Posted: 20 July 2015
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Personal Injury, Public Place Accidents
Two men are suing Dorset Police for more than £100,000 after they were unnecessarily pepper-sprayed after a night out in Weymouth. The two brothers-in-law, John Naylor and Darren Corbridge, are to receive five-figure sums each, and the police have agreed to pay legal costs of around £90,000 following the incident in August 2010. The incident occurred when the men had been celebrating the stag night of future groom Stewart Roberts. While they waited in the taxi queue, arguments broke out, causing the police to intervene. CCTV footage showed one officer…
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Attacker to pay £8,000 in compensation to eye injured victim
Posted: 24 June 2015
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries
A 26-year-old man has been ordered to pay £8,000 in compensation to the victim of his “animalist, frenzied attack”. Philip Cowle suffered serious damage to one of his eyes after gas engineer Matthew Rands hit him “blow after blow”. The attack happened when Mr Cowle was pulling out of a pub car park in April last year. Just as he was pulling out he came across a bicycle “wobbling about” in the middle of the road. After getting out of the car, Mr Rands started to shout at him aggressively…
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Aintree Assault – man questioned after video uploaded to YouTube
Posted: 14 April 2015
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault
The assault of a 63-year-old man has been caught on video and posted on YouTube, prompting the suspect, a 34-year-old from Formby, Merseyside to hand himself in. The assault took place on Thursday evening, after the Grand National Race opening day festival. The victim was “shoulder barged” in a deliberate attack intended to knock him to the ground. Merseyside police have said that the victim of the assault suffered bruising to his face after falling on the road. The suspect has been granted bail and the police are appealing for witnesses. A spokesman said:…
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Seven deaths while mental health patients await beds
Posted: 30 November 2014
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
There have been seven deaths since 2012 because hospitals do not have enough beds for mental health patients. This has come as the result of mental health beds being cut across England, with figures showing that around 2,100 have been cut since 2011. In one case, found in coroner’s reports and NHS trust papers, a man suffering with mental illness was denied a bed and later killed his mother. A recent investigation established that since 2012 seven people have taken their own lives after being told there was no hospital…
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Docks worker to compensate injured police officer
Posted: 27 October 2014
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Hip Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A Falmouth docks worker has been ordered to pay a police officer personal injury compensation after he pushed her when she attempted to break up a fight. PC Anna Fielding suffered a broken pelvis in the incident and was left in severe pain for four months. Jonathan Brealy, a 42-year-old shipyard welder, knocked her to the ground as she tried to stop a fight between two people standing behind him. The father-of-three admitted to causing PC Fielding bodily harm and assaulting another officer during the struggle to arrest him. Mr Brealy…
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Hammer attack victim left with severe brain injuries
Posted: 13 April 2014
Posted in: Arm Injury, Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries, Hotel Accidents
A victim of a hotel hammer attack has been left with only 5% brain function and severe facial injuries. The woman was with her two sisters at the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch when the attack happened earlier this month. The attacker, 33-year-old Philip Spence, has been remanded in custody charged with three accounts of attempted murder. The main victim suffered life-threatening injuries in the attack, including the loss of large quantities of blood, the loss of one eye, and a significant loss of brain function. Despite this, her other organs are in…
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Victim of Crime Compensation Claims in Wakefield
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) pays out compensation to those who have been injured in a crime. Most types of crime are covered by the CICA including direct victims and third parties, for example, members of the public who have been injured whilst trying to assist the police. Compensation can also be claimed for mental / psychological injuries and consequential loss such as loss of income or medical expenses. The amount of compensation that will be paid out by the CICA is determined on a case by case basis…
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