A veteran crime scene investigator, Paul Tebbutt, sues the police for £100,000, alleging that stress from regularly dealing with murder investigations contributed to a stroke. Tebbutt, 68, says his role as a crime scene co-ordinator exposed him to demanding working conditions linked to his health.
The report says Tebbutt spent 27 years as a forensic investigator and took up a crime scene co-ordinator position in 2012. He claims he dealt with around 50 murders a year, and that the cumulative impact of this workload affected his wellbeing. The available account focuses on his personal injury claim and the alleged causal link between his duties, stress, and his medical condition.
No other, differing angles or additional case details are provided in the material supplied. The dispute centers on whether the police are liable for the alleged illness and whether the claimed stress from his assignments contributed to the stroke.
