Exemplary record saves violent cop from jail

A shamed Met Police officer who clobbered a Wetherspoons drinker over the head with his baton was let off with a suspended jail sentence because of his ‘exemplary’ record. Pc Jack Wood, 26, was convicted of assaulting Jake Smith, 26, who suffered a gaping gash to his skull following the clash in Romford, Essex on 5 January last year. Pc Wood and colleague Pc Archie Payne, 27, were also convicted of assaulting Mr Smith’s friend Scott Rooney, 26, after he…