Police station duty lawyer: 'You have to be brave in this job'
After another night on call at Hastings police station, duty
lawyer Kim Evans struggles to retain her Buddhist calm Kim Evans
Kim Evans, weekend duty solicitor at Hastings Police Station, in
'Bottle Alley' underneath the promenade on the seafront
Photograph: Andrew Hasson  It is 3.15am in Hastings police
station, Sunday morning. The CCTV camera on "the bridge", the
raised custody sergeant's desk, is trained on cell M1. The
detainee is lying on his back and pummelling the metal door with
his feet. He has been doing this for more than 90 minutes,
breaking off occasionally to jump to his feet and flash a Hitler
salute.  Over this metallic drum roll, I am attempting to
interview Kim Evans, tonight's duty solicitor whose job it is to
advise those detained by Sussex police of their legal rights.
Many of her clients belong to what our lord chancellor called
this week the "feral underclass".  Why, I wonder, would anyone
do her job? Evans has been reading