The image of a young woman being pinned to the floor by police during a candlelit vigil for Sarah Everard came – for many – to symbolise a Met Police completely out of touch with the people it’s supposed to protect.

After years spent defending their heavy-handed response – on the grounds the gathering broke covid rules – Scotland Yard today apologised and agreed to pay substantial damages to the woman in the photo, along with another also handcuffed and arrested at the event in March 2021.

Met police pay damages to two women arrested at Sarah Everard vigil