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    Met officer twice tasered 10-year-old girl, misconduct hearing told

    by Lucas Cumiskey Nov 27, 2023 4 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    A Metropolitan Police constable tasered a 10-year-old girl twice after she threatened her mother with garden shears and hit her with a hammer, a misconduct hearing has heard.

    Pc Jonathan Broadhead fired his Taser at the girl twice within “approximately eight seconds” of entering her home in south-west London on January 21 2021, after her mother called 999.

    He is accused of using force “which was not necessary, reasonable and proportionate” against the child, referred to as Child A during his Met Police gross misconduct hearing at Palestra House in London.

    The girl was still clutching the garden shears when Pc Broadhead discharged the

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