Police make personal injury claim against robbery victimA man who was held at knifepoint in his home and had his car stolen has said he has been re-victimised by three personal injury claims made by police officers.
Terence Duffin's car was written off during a police chase.
He said he has now received civil claims from three police officers, even though he was not in the car.
The police said this was a private matter between the individual officers and the insurance companies involved.
Mr Duffin had just arrived home when two armed men forced themselves into his house in Newcastle, County Down, at the end of August 2016.
"They pushed me into the kitchen and proceeded to pull out carving knives," he said.
"The house was ransacked, items were stolen and they took my car."
Loss of confidence
He said police traced the car in Clough, County Antrim, and followed it to Belfast.
"It was on the Dunbar Link that the men rammed the police car and it wasn't until the Seven Mile Straight in Antrim that they were actually apprehended by police who had set up a road block."
Mr Duffin said he felt traumatised by the theft but that things were made worse when he was notified of the claims by his insurance company.
"I just couldn't believe this was happening to me," he added.
A Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) spokesman said it does not hold any information in relation to police officers making compensation claims against the owners of stolen vehicles.
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