A man has been given more than £8,000 in compensation after the police used a Taser on him.

The police are also facing a second larger legal bill after Judge Simon Freeland supported the claim of Daniel Sylvester 53, of Edmonton Green.

The father-of-seven was stopped by police on October 20, 2007, in Bounces Road, Edmonton, after they believed his Mercedes Jeep, which Mr Sylvester had bought in 2005, was involved in an earlier shooting.

He was then Tasered by police once he stepped out of his car.

Mr Sylvester was also stopped by officers three times in the space of nine months between 2007 and 2008.

A jury ruled that Mr Sylvester's case stood up and agreed that the police were “unreasonable” to use the taser with the Met being ordered to pay compensation and legal costs.

The jury rejected claims from Mr Sylvester that officers pointed guns at him as they approached his car and that a boot was placed on his head when he was on the ground.

It is believed that Mr Sylvester’s legal costs could come to £250,000 yet a Met spokeswoman revealed that no fee had been agreed.

She said: "We are giving serious consideration to appealing against this decision on costs. The final amount payable has not been determined yet."