Psychic loses police harassment court claim

A psychic who claimed he was being harassed by police officers after being sacked by the force has had his case thrown out of court.
Alan Power, 64, was briefly employed by Greater Manchester Police training special constables – but was sacked in October 2008 after bosses learned he had tried to involve officers in psychic research.
Managers said his interests in the psychic field were ‘not compatible’ with his employment at GMP.
He attempted to sue the force for unfair dismissal but his case was rejected by the Civil Appeal Court in London.
In his latest court appearance at a Manchester employment tribunal, Mr Power claimed he was being harassed and victimised by three officers from GMP.
He said the harassment was in relation to a High Court libel action he was fighting over an email in which he alleges he was libelled by a senior GMP officer.
Mr Power claimed the three officers were harassing him because they had been named as witnesses against him in the case.
But Spencer Keen, acting on behalf of GMP, claimed that Mr Power’s case was ‘unreasonable and vexatious.’
"Mr Power hasn’t been able to produce any evidence to suggest the respondents subjected him to any mistreatment whatsoever," he said.
"It was clear from his cross-examination that Mr Power didn’t really have any evidence that he was being unfavourably treated.
"This claim was misconceived from the start."
Judge Diana Kloss dismissed Mr Power’s case, saying: "Witnesses of fact have immunity from lawsuits – they are entitled to give evidence."
GMP also applied for costs of more than £11,000 but was awarded only £5,000 after Mr Power, of Birkenhead, Merseyside, told the court he was on jobseekers allowance and would struggle to pay up.
Mr Power – who told the court he is about to embark on a PhD entitled ‘Do the police use psychics?’ at Liverpool Hope university – describes himself as a spiritual healer and psychic.
He said he was ‘disappointed’ at the ruling but vowed to continue with his case for libel against the senior officer at the High Court in London.
He has also applied to take his case for unfair dismissal to the European Court of Human Rights.

by Steve Robson taken from http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1456385_psychic-loses-police-harassment-court-claim