Overview
- Alexander Loxton, 36, says an officer repeatedly stamped on his left foot during a search at Kennington Police Station, causing permanent ligament damage.
- He argues the injury prevented the jumps required at elite ballet level after a career that included Royal Ballet appearances and a West End lead.
- The Met, sued via Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, denies liability and says Loxton resisted a lawful search and required five officers to control him.
- Defence counsel says an officer only placed a foot on Loxton’s to keep him in place and that his career had been declining since 2014 due to injury, pay refusals and limited opportunities.
- Loxton now works in security and plans to become a police community support officer; the civil case continues at Central London County Court.