A BLACK man who was wrongfully stopped, searched and handcuffed in his own garden has been awarded £10,000 in damages by the Metropolitan Police. 

Navern De La Kruz was opening the gate of his home in south London to a friend in June 2020 when he was handcuffed and detained for the purpose of a stop and search by officers who said that he matched the description of a knife-crime suspect. 

Lawyers for Mr De La Kruz said police had used powers to search him that are inapplicable to a private dwelling.