October 21, 2005
Police officer filmed dumping boy in bin
It's a twist in the often brutal phenomenon of “happy slapping”. A teenager has filmed a police officer dumping his friend in a dustbin. The Times Online reports.
The Metropolitan Police are investigating the incident in which the officer, fed up after allegedly being taunted by Anop Singh, 16, hoisted him and put him in a nearby bin. Pierre Cornwall, 17, the boy’s friend, captured the event on his mobile phone.
... The Hackney policeman and a colleague were responding to reports of youths throwing conkers at passers-by in Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, when Anop and Pierre started filming them with their phones. Asked to stop, Anop was said to be uncooperative and made a number of less-than-polite comments.
When the policeman threatened to put him in the bin, Anop is heard on his friend’s phone saying: “You’re going to put me in the bin? Go on then.” The officer takes him on and is seen carrying the teenager over his shoulder and placing him in the bin."
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