A police chief has criticised the decision to arrest two parents over a school WhatsApp group chat, but officers warned a councillor she could be next if she continued helping them. Times Radio producer Maxie Allen, 50 and his partner Rosalind Levine, 46, were arrested on suspicion of harassment and malicious communications after a 'trivial' dispute. They only dared to ask the question of the school and that was enough to have them arrested.' I couldn’t believe this was happening, that a public authority could use the police to close down a legitimate inquiry. Yet we have never even been told what these communications were that were supposedly criminal, which is completely Kafkaesque.'

Source: The Times March 30, 2025 13:54 UTC