Mother, 40, thrown in police cells after lying pupils made up assault following bullying confrontation
ByPAUL SIMS
Last updated at 5:56 PM on 30th July 2009
When Anisa Borsberry confronted a group of playground bullies she hoped it would finally bring an end to her daughter's torment.
She never imagined it would lead to eight police officers arriving at her home in three patrol cars and a van to arrest her.
But after the 40-year-old was accused of hitting one of the bullies - claims they later withdrew - she was forcibly removed from her home.
Protective: Anisa Borsberry was arrested after confronting children she thought were bullying her daughter Taylor
Officers surrounded the property, put her in handcuffs and in front of her neighbours marched her to a waiting patrol car.
She was then driven to a nearby police station where she was thrown into a cell for more than five hours.
Her photograph was taken, along with her fingerprints and two swabs of DNA. She was then interviewed at length.
Today the police dropped their case against Mrs Borsberry and confirmed that they had since launched an investigation into her arrest.
'I was speechless when I heard what I was supposed to have done,' she said today.
'I couldn't understand why I was in this situation. I knew I had done nothing wrong and was totally innocent.
'The children had already admitted lying but yet here were two statements they had made to the police after their parents had made a complaint.
'When the police came to arrest me they dragged me outside where the whole street could see me.
'Three police cars and a van had turned up and eight officers went round the back of the house, I assume in case I tried to escape. It was like a scene from a movie.
'The only thing that was missing was a police helicopter. It was a shocking waste of taxpayers' money.'
Pupils at Lambton Primary School in Washington, Tyne and Wear, claimed Mrs Borsberry had hit a schoolgirl
Mrs Borsberry went to Lambton Primary School in Washington, Tyne and Wear, earlier this month after her 11-year-old daughter Taylor arrived home in floods of tears.
She decided to speak to the bullies in question and ask them why they had called her daughter names at the school gates that morning.
'I stood and spoke to this girl and asked her what was going on,' said Mrs Borsberry.
'My daughter stood by my side the whole time holding my hand.
'Halfway through a boy who had been involved in upsetting Taylor decided to shout and scream abuse at me, including the F-word.
'I then took my daughter into school and asked to see her class teacher and reported the incident immediately.'
Gilbridge police station, Sunderland, where Anisa Borsberry says she was locked up for five hours
She hoped that would be the end of the matter.
But when she rang the school back later that day to check on her daughter she was informed that the children she had confronted had accused her of assault.
'After interviewing the children on a one-to-one basis the children all admitted lying and said they had made the whole thing up,' said Mrs Borsberry.
'The school even rang their parents and informed them that the allegations were false.'
But despite withdrawing the allegations police arrived at Mrs Borsberry's home the following day after receiving complaints from their parents.
The eight officers surrounded her home in Washington before one of them handcuffed her and dragged her out to a waiting patrol car.
She was then driven to Gilbridge police station in Sunderland where she was thrown into a cell.
Mrs Borsberry remained there until around midnight when she was released on bail.
Taylor, who waited at home with her father Lee, 37, and brother Myles, 19, said she blamed herself.
'I was really upset,' she said today. 'When they arrested mum I felt like shouting that she hadn't done it. I never thought it would go that far.'
Mrs Borsberry has since been told by her solicitor that no further action will be taken against her, though the police would not confirm this.
'I cried when I heard the news,' she said. 'It has been the week from hell. I've been ill with worry and stress.
'I haven't been able to eat or sleep well and I've been crying non-stop. This nightmare is over for me now thank God.
'Those children do not realise what they have done to me or my character.'
A spokesman for Northumbria Police said today: 'The complaint of assault is not being progressed, so there will be no further police action taken against this woman.
'We have received a letter of complaint from the arrested woman and will be carrying out a full review of all of the circumstances before making a response.'
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2 comments:
It's not so absurd - I drive a school bus. The kids that consistently cause trouble and that I have to correct are the most likely to make up a story to get the driver fired.
I was pilloried twice over two different out of control kids who made up things about me after I wrote them up on disciplinary grounds.
One school wanted me off the route because I prevented a 9 year old from exiting at a stop she had no parental permission to go to. The stop was about 2 miles from her home. The reason they wanted me off the route is because this kid told them I was "drinking alcohol and swearing at them". I had to shout at the kid to go in the back and sit down (she was waiting to bolt out the door).
They give the children the benefit of the doubt but it has gone a bit too far. How can you arrest someone on such flimsy evidence?
Well... According to British law it seems that you are guilty now before you can even prove your innocence.
That is the entire purpose of showing this article... To get people to wake the hell up!
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