A Niagara man has cleared his name and won a $600,000 lawsuit against Niagara regional police.

John Hall was wrongfully arrested in 2009 while working at the General Motors plant in St. Catharines.

He lost his job, had to file for bankruptcy and says his friends thought he was a thief.

But as Kelly Botelho tells us, a judge has ruled that the police officer who charged him did so wrongfully and with malice.