Dental nurse suspended for punching PC

A dental nurse who punched an off-duty police officer in the head and pulled her hair in a road rage attack has been suspended for 12 months. Ashleigh Bannatyne, 23, forced Jacqueline Curson, 50, off the road, swerving across motorway lanes and boxing her into the hard shoulder on 3 December 2014. She then stormed up to the Sergeant’s Mercedes and pummeled her with her fists, pulling her hair and shouting abuse. Bannatyne claimed the officer had been pointing and…