Police Scotland Pays Out Over ‘Heavy-Handed’ Street Preacher Hate Crime Arrest

Published on January 18, 2024

A street preacher has won compensation from Police Scotland after he was wrongfully arrested and had a non-crime hate incident (NCHI) logged against him for street preaching in Glasgow. Angus Cameron, 52, who was pastor of Cumnock Baptist Church in Ayrshire at the time of his arrest, has received a £5,500 payout from Police Scotland along with £9,400 in legal costs. Mr. Cameron has donated all the compensation to The Christian Institute, which supported him throughout his case. Mr. Cameron was preaching in Buchanan Street in the centre of Glasgow in 2022 when officers from Police Scotland approached him and ordered the father of two to stop....

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