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Doctor sues police, claiming he was defamed, falsely imprisoned and wrongly accused of theft
A highly respected doctor who was thrown in the back of a divvy van after allegedly being falsely accused by Victoria Police of stealing from a bottleshop is suing the force for defamation and false imprisonment.
Key points:
- Prasannan Ponganamparambile said he was defamed by police in a post on a local crime page
- He said when he met with police, he was unnecessarily held in a “caged police van” for more than five minutes
- His lawyer said “simple enquiries” like asking for a receipt would have proved his client’s innocence
Prasannan Ponganamparambile, who leads the department of rehabilitation medicine at Latrobe Regional Hospital, has launched legal action in the County Court of Victoria over the incident which he claims has left him…
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