‘I didn’t lay a hand on him,’ says ‘assault’ cop

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