Victoria Police will pay about $11.8 million to a man who was left permanently paralysed after officers allegedly used excessive force to restrain him. In a settlement filed with the Supreme Court of Victoria, Chris Karadaglis claimed that he was at his home in November 2017, in Warrnambool in the southwest of the state, when three police officers visited his premises in response to a noise complaint. It was alleged that police then forcibly removed him from his home. “He was placed in a headlock by one of the officers with the officer applying increasing force to the plaintiff’s neck,” according to court documents obtained by AAP. “During the physical restraint of the plaintiff, one or more of the officers applied excessive force to the plaintiff who suffered devastating injury to his cervical spine.” Karadaglis is now a quadriplegic and claims to have suffered from post-traumatic stress and depression. He …