Cop cleared of dangerous driving after suspect is injured in police chase

A police officer has been cleared of injuring a suspect in a police chase by dangerously driving ‘too close’ to his bicycle. PC Eugene Acheampong, 28, was prosecuted after he hit Arnold Taylor and left him with multiple fractures and a collapsed lung. The jury at Southwark crown court cleared Acheampong of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. They could not reach a verdict on the alternative charge of careless driving and were discharged. Prosecutors will now decide whether to…