Manchester Uni chancellor to make formal complaint after bungled police sting

A top lawyer whose car was wrongly targeted in a bungled police sting says he will make a formal complaint after the incident - which left his son 'traumatised.'

Greater Manchester Police said the mistake was made after an 'incorrect' report of a stolen car. Mr Afzal said officers told him a vehicle with a similar number plate had been reported as stolen in the West Midlands area, but one of the digits had been entered incorrectly.He claims officers offered to replace his tyres, which were deflated by the stinger, but that didn't detract from the 'shock' of the blunder, which 'traumatised' his 23-year-old son.

"I didn't know what was going on," he said. "The car stopped, and I realised there was an unmarked police car in front of us and another police car behind us." "I opened the door and one of the officers immediately said: 'I know who you are'," he explained. "They obviously worked out quite quickly that this wasn't a stolen vehicle, and also who was driving it."

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