A Greater Manchester Police special constable who grabbed a seven-year-old round the neck and shoulders after being 'accidentally' sprayed during a water fight has been convicted of assault. Andrew Parkinson, of Bolton, picked the boy up and carried him to his parents' house where his dad opened the front door to find him 'terrified and white as a sheet', a court heard.
Liverpool Magistrates’ Court heard that Parkinson, a special constable for 35 years, is now likely to lose that position after being convicted, Liverpool Echo reports. Despite being found guilty, Parkinson, 55, told probation officers as recently as a few weeks ago that he didn't think what he did was wrong.
Joshua Sanderson-Kirk, prosecuting, said Parkinson’s trial in June had heard that he was walking through the Bolton street where both he and the boy’s family lived at the time.
