Cops ‘attacked drinkers’

A drinker was assaulted by two police officers after he complained about his friend being beaten repeatedly over the head with a baton, a court heard. PC Jack Wood, 26, allegedly ran up behind Jake Smith, raised his baton and ‘inflicted between three to four strikes’ in South Street, Romford, Essex, on 5 January last year. PC Archie Payne, also 26, is said to have shoved Mr Smith’s friend Scott Rooney into a wall when he asked to take a…