Police officer who punched arrested man dismissed
A police officer has been dismissed after punching a man in the face, holding him in a headlock and kneeing him in the ribs during an arrest.
During the court case, a judge ruled PC knight had acted in self-defence while arresting Mr Summers on Cardiff's Northern Avenue, and cleared him of the charge. "It was also alleged that PC Knight escalated the situation unnecessarily by his use of force, and that he later provided a statement that described a different version of events to those captured on police footage."
PC Knight, who was accompanied at the incident by two other officers, had claimed to be acting in self-defence.
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