Another cop ends up in the dock for chasing a suspect

A Met Police officer mounted a pavement while driving an unmarked BMW and sent a man flying 15ft into the basement of a house, a court heard. Det Sgt Michael Harding, 50, collided with Dean Francis in Lower Grosvenor Place, Belgravia, on 15 May 2018. Prosecutor Imogen Nelson said: ‘The complainant was in the rear of a black taxi. The taxi brakes and officers decided to impose a reinforced stop. ‘As vehicles moved into place, Mr Francis decamped from the…