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 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1457000/1457920.stm

Thursday, 26 July, 2001, 11:45 GMT 12:45 UK
G8 Britons tell of police 'brutality'

The protesters may consider seeking compensation

Five Britons held by Italian police after the G8 demonstrations in Genoa have described how they were beaten unconscious by officers, and had to endure inhumane conditions.
Four of the activists arrived back at Heathrow on Thursday after being released without charge and deported from Milan.

The fifth, still in hospital in Genoa with serious injuries, told the BBC he feared for his life during a brutal attack by police on Saturday.

Police indiscriminately batoned those present, mainly young people offering no resistance

Jonathan Neale
Statement on behalf of four protesters
The Italian Embassy told BBC News Online the cases were being investigated by judges in Genoa.

As Jonathan Blair, 38, from Newport, Daniel McQuillan,