Three police officers plead not guilty to assaulting teenager in Tooting
Three Met Police officers have denied charges over assaulting a 17-year-old boy.
Sergeant Dave Mattock, 36, Acting Sergeant Callum Ferguson, 26, and PC Jack Beadle, 26, who are placed with the South West Command Unit, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
On April 2, the officers stopped and removed the child and a group of friends from a bus after they allegedly saw a disturbance on the bus.
The teenager was allegedly pushed towards a parked car before being restrained and arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker.
The trio spoke to confirm their names and dates of birth before pleading not guilty to a charge of assault by beating.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it passed the case on to the Criminal Prosecution Service after a complaint that the officers had used excessive force.
District Judge John Zani released them on unconditional bail ahead of a two-day trial at the same court on February 13 next year.
The IOPC said last week: “Our investigation followed a referral by the MPS in April after it received a complaint that excessive force was used by the officers.
“In September we passed a file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service, which authorised the charges contrary to Section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.”
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