Mother of two was arrested for theft and seven and half an hour in a cell, after seizing the iPads of her own children

A two -year -old mother was left for more than seven hours to stew in a police cell in a police custody after seizing two ipads of her children – and was accused of theft.

Vanessa Brown, a 50-year-old history teacher, revealed the ‘unspeakable destruction and trauma’ that she suffered after she was brought to Staines’ police station.

Mrs. Brown was searched and had taken guardian photos and fingerprints after they had removed the devices from her daughters in an attempt to ensure that they were not distracted from their studies.

Surrey Police, who also visited the children’s school, who took one of Mrs. Brown’s daughters out of the class, has since recognized their mistake.

Mrs. Brown was arrested in her mother’s house in Cobham, Surrey, to which she was finally given back after a 12 -hour test who, due to her bail, threatened to prevent her from saw her children on Mother’s Day.

The incident, which follows the arrest of a few in Hertfordshire for complaints they have submitted about their daughter’s primary school, will probably raise further questions about police priorities.

“I think it’s rather traumatic, even talking about this now,” Mrs. Brown told LBC.

‘They could send a police car with police officers to my children’s school, they could send one or two police car to arrest me.

‘I know that people make reports of theft, attacks and very violent crimes in and around our neighborhood, and they get no response for days.

History teacher Vanessa Brown said they suffered ‘unspeakable destruction and trauma’ after she had been left in a policy attachment scenes for more than seven hours

Mrs. Brown was held at the Staines police station, above, after a report on two stolen two iPads. In fact, the devices of her children were from whom she had seized them

“I can’t get to the bottom why it was done in such a fast turn, perhaps less than an hour – all these police cars and police officers go to an address about a completely false report from A theft.”

She said that the harsh approach of the police, who lasted more than 24 hours from the moment she was arrested to inform her that no further action would be taken, had left her in a ‘catatonic state’.

“At any time they thought:” Oh, this is a bit of an overreaction, “said Mrs. Brown. “It was thoroughly unprofessional. They spoke to my mother, who was in the 80s, as if she were a criminal. ‘

The Tory parliament member Anthony Stansfeld, the former police and crime commissioner for Thames Valley, called on the police to apologize for their insufficient handling of the incident.

“It seems to me incompetence and a certain amount of overhearness at a junior level, where the local inspector should have done a quick stop,” he said.

‘It was quite unnecessary to place a renowned 50-year history teacher in a cell for seven hours.

“It is hardly likely that she would have gone into hiding abroad and I hope the chief commissioner will go and personally apologize to the poor lady.”

A spokesperson for the Surrey Police said that a man in the forty had warned them about the possible theft of the iPads, as a result of which a search for the devices was requested.

“A follow-up device on the iPads showed that they were at the address and a 50-year-old woman from Cobham was arrested on suspicion of theft,” said the spokesperson.

‘A search was then carried out using post-judgment powers and the iPads were.

‘The woman was then released on conditional bail, while further investigations were carried out.

‘The guarantee conditions of the police do not include speaking with her daughters, who were connected to the investigation, while officers performed their questions.

“After these questions, officers discovered that the iPads were of the woman’s children and that she had the right to seize items from her own children.”

In a separate incident last month, the parents of two young children were locked up for eleven hours in a police cell after complaining about WhatsApp about the teacher’s recruitment process at the primary school of their daughter.

Times radio producer Maxie Allen and his partner Rosalind Levine were arrested on suspicion of intimidation and malignant communication after a ‘trivial’ dispute.

CCTV showed six uniformed police officers who descended on their suburban house before they were led away for their crying daughter.

After an investigation of five weeks, Hertfordshire Constabulary finally concluded that there was no matter to answer.

Mr Allen, 50, noticed the police action ‘Dystopian’ and a ‘massive over -range’, and accused Cowley Hill Primary School in Borehamwood, Herts, of trying ‘awkward parents’.

“I was just full of disbelief,” he said. ‘It was just inscrutable to me that things had escalated to this extent.

“It was definitely nightmare -like. I could not believe that this happened that a government agency could use the police to conduct a legitimate investigation. ‘

The Hertfordshire police said that the number of officers was needed to protect electronic devices and to take care of children at the address.

A spokesperson said: ‘The arrests were needed to fully investigate the allegations, such as routine in such cases. After further investigations, officers were of the opinion that no further action should be taken because of insufficient evidence. ‘