NOTTS police officers are facing misconduct charges over the treatment of a heavily pregnant woman who was held in custody.
Lynnette Wallace, 42, was seven-and-a-half-months pregnant when she was arrested and taken to the Bridewell custody suite in Nottingham, where she says she was mistreated.
Miss Wallace claims she was subjected to unnecessary force.
The mother-of-seven went into premature labour three days after she was in custody and her daughter, Charna, was born 10 weeks early, weighing 3lb 3oz.
Miss Wallace's case was taken up by a London firm of solicitors and referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, as previously reported in the Post.
The IPCC has now concluded its investigation and recommended that a number of officers should face charges of gross misconduct and misconduct.
Miss Wallace, of Allendale Avenue, Aspley, told the Post: "It has been a nightmare for me for the past two years. I'm anxious, I'm seeing my doctor more often. It has been so stressful."
The incidents took place after Miss Wallace was arrested on July 7, 2011. She was subsequently charged with witness intimidation and then remanded to Peterborough Prison by magistrates.
The charge against her was dropped in August 2011 after she spent five weeks in prison.
A Notts Police spokesman said: "A complaint was made to Nottinghamshire Police on October 4, 2011 via a firm of solicitors by a Nottingham woman regarding her treatment whilst she was detained in police custody in Nottingham in July 2011.
"Nottinghamshire Police referred the complaint to the IPCC on October 10, 2011, and it deemed that an independent investigation was necessary.
"In March 2013 the force received the report and findings of the IPCC and is currently acting upon its recommendations, which include that a number of officers should face charges of gross misconduct and misconduct.
"Until disciplinary proceedings, due to take place in July, are completed, and until the IPCC makes public its report, it would not be appropriate to make further comment."
