DEPUTY Carolyn Labey has attacked the States police for raiding her home during the arrest of Senator Stuart Syvret.
She says that it was unlawful and unnecessary. In a strongly worded statement, the Deputy said that she felt violated by the search and added that her elderly mother had found the raid more hostile than the Blitz.
The Deputy’s criticism comes just weeks after States police arrested Senator Syvret on suspicion of data protection offences and searched the house in Grouville which he shares with his partner, Deputy Labey (pictured). Senator Syvret was released later that day, pending further inquiries.
Deputy Labey, who was on holiday abroad with her children at the time of the raid, condemned the police action as over the top. She said: ‘I struggle to find words for the shock, upset and sense of violation felt by my family and myself at what has happened.’
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