Met PC sacked for hitting vulnerable teenage girl with baton 34 times
BBC News Published image captionThe misconduct hearing was held in private due to the wishes of the girl's family A Met Police officer has been sacked after hitting a vulnerable teenager 34 times with a baton. The 17-year-old girl, who was on escorted leave from a mental health unit, became distressed after becoming separated from a group in May 2019. A misconduct panel heard PC Benjamin Kemp tried to handcuff the teenager and then used CS spray less than a metre away from her face and his baton. Ch Supt Richard Tucker said the force used was "utterly inappropriate". The family's solicitors s...