Two police officers denied breaking into a woman’s
Two police officers denied breaking into a woman’s house and spraying her with CS gas at the Old Bailey today.
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PC James Shaw, 30, and PC Narinder Bargota, 33, were arrested in July following a covert surveillance operation by anti-corruption officers.
Shaw, based at Hammersmith Police Station, and Bargota, based at Feltham, Middlesex, both spoke to confirm their names and deny one charge of conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary between July 4 and August 8 last year.
They also pleaded not guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit burglary.
The alleged offence occurred at the woman’s home in Thackeray Court, Hammersmith on August 7 last year.
Shaw also denied the theft of a Packard Bell computer belonging to the Metropolitan Police between February 6 and August 6 this year.
He also pleaded not guilty to possessing 0.
184 grams of a class B drug, namely cannabis.
Judge Gerald Gordon remanded them on conditional bail.
Shaw, originally from Meltham, Holmfirth, west Yorks and Bargota, from Southall, are due to stand trial on April 22 next year.
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