Met officer accused of assaulting bus passenger wins appeal

A Met police officer who was fined £1,500 for assaulting a bus passenger he believed had not paid her fare won his appeal against conviction today (fri). Rick Prior, Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, branded the prosecution of PC Perry Lathwood ‘yet another IOPC led, politically motivated witch-hunt against a decent officer.’ PC Lathwood, 50, bruised Joycelyn Agyemang’s arm during the incident in Whitehorse Road, Croydon, south London on July 21 last year, a court heard. Footage of the…