Shocked pastor wins an apology after nine police officers stormed his church

Nov 29, 2020 by

by Max Aitchison, Mailonline:

Nine police officers raided a church and shut down a perfectly legal online service after mistakenly accusing the pastor of breaching coronavirus laws.

Daniel Mateola, 49, had to abandon his congregation in the ‘sinister’ incident at the Kingdom Faith Church in Milton Keynes last week.

In a frightening move, officers later turned up on his doorstep to threaten court action after repeatedly refusing to believe he was operating within the lockdown rules.

It is believed that Pastor Mateola is the first religious leader to have faced prosecution under the UK coronavirus laws.

However, in a victory for freedom of religion, the police force admitted it was a ‘mistake’ and apologised to Mr Mateola after being contacted by The Mail on Sunday.

Speaking of last Friday’s incident, Tory MP Peter Bone, said: ‘I am flabbergasted. This looks like a police state – it’s the sort of thing that would happen in Communist China.

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