Summary
A city council has agreed to pay pounds 2,000 compensation to a woman who was given an antisocial behaviour order (Asbo) without any checks that allegations made against her were true.
The Local Government Ombudsman said Manchester City Council was guilty of an "abuse of power of nightmarish proportions".See the full content of this document
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'Nightmare Abuse of Power' Over Woman's Asbo
Reasonable inquiries that would have cast doubt on the veracity of the complaints from the woman's neighbour...
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