Cop pepper sprayed burglar clinging to a tower block 100 feet up

A robbery suspect was left clinging to a drainpipe by one hand 100 feet from the ground after a Met Police officer pepper sprayed him outside a 15-storey tower block, a court heard. PC Luke Wenham, 31, allegedly discharged the spray twice as Carl Cumberbatch tried to evade capture when police forced entry to his flat at Albert Barnes House in Elephant and Castle. Mr Cumberbatch momentarily lost his footing and could not see anything as he was left holding…

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