Cop accused of punching teenager

A police officer with the Met’s Tower Hamlets anti-gang unit punched a 14-year-old boy in the face while his three colleagues stood by and watched, a court heard. PC Paul Hyland, 34, allegedly attacked the 14-year-old after arresting him on suspicion of robbery as he lay in bed at his home in Poplar, east London. His colleagues PCs Frances Smythe, 25, William Wright, 27, Ian Evans, 25, did nothing to prevent the assault and failed to report the incident, Southwark…