In 2018, Edwin Afriyie was tasered by police after a traffic stop. In 2024, after a long legal battle, the Court of Appeal found that he had been unlawfully tasered.
Amnesty International USA has produced a report into electric shop weapons, which references Ed’s case: https://www.amnestyusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/I-Still-Cant-Sleep-at-Night-The-Global-Abuse-of-Electric-Shock-Equipment.pdf
David Hughes appeared for Ed in both trials and in the Court of Appeal, and Richard Clayton KC also appeared in the Court of Appeal. They were instructed by Kevin Donoghue of Donoghue Solicitors.
