Let off for teen who rammed stolen moped into cop

Islington

  A cannabis addict who rammed a stolen moped into a police officer walked free after a judge said he was ‘becoming more responsible’. Tommy Houghton, 18, ploughed into PC Kieran Burke when he was was told to pull over in Balls Pond Road, Islington, north London. Prosecutor Klentiana Mahmuthaj said plain clothes officers were on patrol on the afternoon of January 25 this year. ‘Officers followed the moped which then stopped at an ATM junction. ‘They conducted checks on…

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