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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kevin Rawlinson

Met officer found guilty of assaulting female bus passenger

PC Perry Lathwood arriving at the court wearing a suit and sunglasses.
The judge said that Lathwood ‘overreacted’ when he grabbed and handcuffed Agyemang in front of her son. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

A Metropolitan police officer who manhandled a woman as she was arrested in front of her son on the false suspicion of fare evasion has been found guilty of assault.

PC Perry Lathwood was found guilty of assault by beating after a one-day trial at the City of London magistrates court last week.

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