Overview
- The Met agreed to pay nearly £50,000 in a 22 January settlement, reached less than three weeks before a five‑day trial was due to begin.
- Armed officers forced entry on 28 December 2021, tasered the then‑80‑year‑old in his home, arrested him for affray and detained him for about 11 hours including a hospital transfer due to his pacemaker.
- An internal complaint found a call‑handler put the wrong address into police systems and missed multiple chances to spot the error.
- Police reiterated their apology and said they have implemented learnings, including training delivered to every call handler.
- Mr Morton and his lawyers describe lasting psychological harm and years of contested litigation, and no misconduct findings against individual officers have been reported.