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Sam Russell

Met police officer's conviction over assault on woman on Croydon bus quashed

A Metropolitan Police officer who was fined £1,500 for assault after wrongly arresting a woman for bus fare evasion has had his conviction quashed.

Pc Perry Lathwood had been convicted of the common assault of a woman who had been travelling on a bus in Croydon, south London, in June 2023.

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