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Policing torch relay in capital cost £746,000
Anna Davis6 Mar 2009
Nearly £750,000 was spent on policing the chaotic Olympic torch relay in London last April, the Government has said. Sports stars and celebrities were among the torchbearers for the 31-mile journey ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
But the relay on 6 April was hijacked by thousands of human rights protesters who disrupted the event. By the time double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes lit a symbolic cauldron at the end of the day, 36 arrests had been made. Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker said the Met had spent £746,000 on policing the event. The figure was disclosed in a parliamentary reply to Tory MP David Amess.
Reader views (1)
Whats £750k against the hundreds of £millions this 'white elephant' will cost its only us taxpayers who will suffer the most not the mob on the band wagon.
- Mike, London England, 06/03/2009 17:33
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