Well, here is a fine way to begin August 2013.
I got it wrong in my post above, quite, quite wrong.
You see, this whole thing has not one thing to do with 'human rights', and nowhere in the communication from the Police is there mention of anybody's human rights;sacrosanct or violated.
But all is not entirely lost, read on...
http://scotslawthoughts.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/daily-mail-wrongly-castigates-human-rights-and-travellers-in-article-re-stolen-caravan/