B*stard British cop gets only 6 months

Though that is 6 months more than most American rogue cops get. Six months was apparently the maximum for the offences he was charged with. Clearly he should have been charged with more serious offences. Not noted below is what a big thug he is. He was about a foot taller than the woman



A BRITISH policeman who was filmed on a security camera dragging a 57-year-old woman across the floor and leaving her bleeding and unconscious in a cell was yesterday jailed for six months.

Sergeant Mark Andrews, 37, a former soldier, was recorded in July 2008 dragging Pamela Somerville, now 59, across the floor of a police station in Wiltshire, southwestern England, after she was arrested for falling asleep in her stationary car and allegedly refusing a breathalyser test.

Ms Somerville, who had never been in trouble with police before, hit her head on the ground when she was thrown into the cell and sustained a gash above her eye. On the footage, blood can be seen dripping from her wound before she calls for help. She was taken to the hospital and needed stitches after the incident.

Andrews, who is expected to lose his job, was convicted at Oxford Magistrates' Court of assaulting Ms Somerville and causing the woman actual bodily harm, after a five-day trial. Passing sentence, Deputy District Judge Peter Greenfield said: "In my view, you presided over an atmosphere of bullying and intimidation upon Ms Somerville which culminated in the cell later that morning."

Patrick Geenty, assistant chief constable of Wiltshire Police, apologised for the incident outside court. In a statement he said: "He breached the service of care that every police officer gives to the public. There is no place in Wiltshire Police Force for an officer like this. "I fully support the comments of the judge and the sentence handed down today. The officer let the public down, he let his colleagues down and he let himself down. He was a disgrace."

Chief Con Geenty added: "I am proud of the officer who came forward and reported him to his supervisor. That officer uphold the standards of the service that we all expect."

But despite his strong criticism of Andrews, he stressed custody is a difficult place to work and said that aside from the 2008 incident national inspections found that Wiltshire Police treated people with respect and dignity.

Original report here




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