charleen hopes her grandchildren could also come home soon.t, don't we owe these children a duty of care? poonam taneja reporting. police have apologised to a senior civil servant who accused them of treating her like a criminal because of her ethnicity. dr andrea charles fidelis was out jogging, when she said she was followed by a man in a van. she claims that when she went to the police for help, they accused her of being a car thief — leaving herfeeling brutalised and dehumanised. kent police have insisted this wasn't a case of racial profiling — as simon jones reports. "horrific" is how dr andrea charles fidelis described her experience with the police at swanley railway station. she had been outjogging when she says a man accused her of being too close to his car, on his driveway. he then followed her in a van, calling the police. frightened, she sought refuge at the station, but when an officer arrived, it wasn't the response she expected. the station guard kind of leaned out and said, "she's in here, she's in fear of her life," and he s