Trial for woman police officer accused of hitting suspect

A police officer will stand trial after she hit a man during a ‘tirade of verbal abuse,’ a court heard. PC Claudia Pastina, 30, confronted Augustine Amatta at an address in Brixton Road, Brixton, southwest London, on 19 February this year. Mr Amatta told Pastina that he was the landlord of the property, but she doubted that he should have been there, it was said. ‘Ms Pastina tries to deal with him in her capacity as a police constable,’ said…