A Twinkle-to-East Billy Elliot Ballet Star is fighting for almost £ 600,000 compensation, claiming that his “Premier League” dance dreams were always shattered when A Police officer His leg was stamped.
Alexander Laxton, who played the role of “Old Billy” along with the hit West and Musical dance with Royal ballet And performing at Buckingham Palace for the 80th birthday of the late Queen, says Meet police In September 2016.
The 36 -year -old has now dug up his dreams of reaching the top as a dancer and told a judge that he is currently working in security and planning to become a police community aid officer as he can no longer execute the extreme jumping exercises demanded at the elite level of dancing.
Born in Birmingham, Mr. Laxton is now sueing Met Commissioner Sir Mark rovle For about £ 600,000 in compensation for his lost career, claiming that there was no basis to stop him, and the force used against him was unfair and unnecessary – the amount of “attack and battery”.
But the Commissioner – filed a lawsuit on behalf of Mate – denial of all liability, claiming that there was any injury to Mr. Loxton, who was struggling with the authorities who had detained him, and his dance career was already on the spiral when he was stopped.
Police barrister Robert Taleley argued, “Since January 2014, the career of the claimant clearly declined due to three things: injury, refused to work by him, and limited opportunities,”
However, Mr. Laughter’s KC, Fiona Murphy suggested that he had the ability to establish a place between the “Premier League” of the ballet companies, pointing to a prestigious role, which he played as the lead in Romeo and Juliet and worked high-caliber with Dutch National Ballet.
And although he had to face injuries and strains during his career, he was cured and was re -established when he was conflict with the police, he argued.
The Central London County Court heard that, as a youth, he enjoyed an impeccable classical ballet education at the prestigious Royal Ballet Upper School in London, where his “dedication, ability and talent” was praised.
He raised several scholarships and awards during his training years, said his barrister, and began to make a promising dance career before the horrific foot-stamping incident.
With the role of the old Billy at the Victoria Palace Theater in London, he appeared in TV and film roles, starring Ceira Knightley and Helen Mirin in Disney’s ‘The Natcket’ and as Peter Rabit at Rani’s 80th Birthday Garden Party.
Ms. Murphy said, “She stood in the profession and was considered as the ability to establish a successful professional career in the premiere league ballet companies and alternately, with West and Musical and Film Productions,” Ms. Murphy explained.
Branding his injuries to “permanent and career-ending”, he said that despite intensive rehabilitation efforts, Mr. Laxton has found himself unable to deal with high-pressure ballet work, and explained: “That was and is unable to tolerate the list of complete performances of dance exercises, which is with special difficulties in jumping, changing directions and land areas.”
Mr. Laxton says that after going to the Kennington Police Station to recover the stolen motorbike helmet in September 2016, the damage was done during an aggressive stop and was discovered by the police.
While staying at the police station, he decided to “off-a Chan” to see if a motor scooter who was stolen from him was being placed in a gailed area behind the building, and it was here that he was encountered by a group of officers, the barrister of Sri Laxton told the court.
“At this point, a police car reversed to the claimant,” his barrister said, saying that one of the authorities demanded his ID, although Mr. Laxton said whether he needed to show it. “
One of the officials then “got out of the vehicle, challenged him as his identity, grabbed the left hand of the claimant and tried to force his left arm behind his back”, Ms. Murphy said.
“Mr. Laxton said. The officer did not succeed in controlling the left hand of the claimant. He kept his leg on the left leg of the claimant while pulling on the left hand of the claimant.
“The officer pushed and pulled him down on the left leg of the claimant.”
Two other officials also joined, as Mr. Laxton was handcuffed, discovered and then “slammed” against a wall, where he was reportedly “killed with blow”.
Once against the wall, one of the authorities continued to “searching the claimant and as he did it again and again, he dropped his leg down on the ankle of Mr. Laughter”, said Ms. Murphy.
The phenomenon also left Sri Laxton with permanent injuries to the ligaments in his ankle, while he also complains of “crisis, anxiety, embarrassment, humiliation and fall” and feelings of feelings of soft tissue injuries, which were associated with injuries to their thumbs, wrists and fingers.
Ms. Murphy said that medical evidence suggested that her significant ankle injury occurred when “was manhand in different directions while (one of the authorities) climbed on the left leg of Sri Laxton”.
But Met’s lawyers insist that the former dancer had a “rude and aggressive” when the police officers asked him to move forward as he was wandering around a gailed area of the police station, and when he asked him to find him, he tried to go away.
When Mr. Laxton was finally placed against a wall, he opposed the police efforts, from which one of the authorities “set his leg on the left leg of Mr. Louxton”, to keep him in place, the defense barrister said, Mr. Talle said.
He said, “The evidence of the authorities is clear that Mr. Laxton – a strong young man – was actively and forced opposing the discovery and required five officers and employees to control it before finding it,” he said.
“In those circumstances, the force used by the authorities was appropriate and proportional. The court is invited to conclude that the contenders were the author of their fate in the case and it was their behavior that used the force necessary and at that level.”
The matter continues.