Gun cop cleared of assault

A firearms officer accused of punching and kicking an innocent man in his riverside apartment for ‘lying’ to him has been cleared of assault. PC Adrian Daly, 46, was part of an armed team called out with murder squad detectives hunting for a black man wanted in connection with a killing. CCTV footage showed the officers forcing entry into a Docklands apartment before shouting for the occupants to come out with their arms raised. But the information given to Daly…