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By John Hirst

Forest Gate anti-terror raid brothers to get £60,000 compensation

The two brothers at the centre of the Forest Gate anti-terror raid will receive £60,000 in compensation from Scotland Yard, it emerged last night.

Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 25, and Abul Koyair, 23, have been in negotiations with the police for six months.

They originally demanded £125,000 in damages for assault and negligence, but it has been reported they will now receive a total of £60,000 in a deal due to be signed in the next two weeks.

The police will also compensate four close relatives and two neighbours inconvenienced by the raid.

The brothers were arrested in June 2006 by officers searching for a chemical device in their East London home.

Mr Kahar was mistakenly shot in the shoulder by police during the raid and their house, at 46 Lansdown Road, was partially destroyed.

They were released without charge after spending a week in custody.

Following the raid, the Metropolitan Police housed the brothers and several of their relatives in a series of central London hotels for two months while their house was repaired.

The police spent £120,800 rebuilding the property.

The total cost of the bungled anti-terror operation has now reached £2.2m.

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on June 16, 2008 (boomark / email).