Xanthe Wells, now 20, who uses they/them pronouns, had first heard from the police in a voicemail message in February 2022 in which an officer said they wished to talk to them about CCTV footage in which Wells had been identified.
The following day, their mother was called and informed that Wells was a suspect in a crime and that she should bring them to a police station for a voluntary interview or face being “rounded up and arrested”, according to their lawyer’s letter of claim.
Wells attended Hammersmith police station two days later at midday, and was arrested on suspicion of burglary, affray and conspiracy to commit criminal damage.
At the same time, their parents’ house was searched and officers seized a blue hoodie, a pair of trousers and a pair of white trainers belonging to Wells’s brother from the hall.
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