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    Met Police officer cleared of gross misconduct after Tasering 10-year-old girl

    by Anthony France Nov 30, 2023 2 minutes
    Source: PA

    A Metropolitan Police officer who Tasered a 10-year-old girl brandishing garden shears has been cleared of gross misconduct.

    PC Jonathan Broadhead fired his weapon at the child twice within seconds of entering her home in south-west London on January 21, 2021.

    Her mother dialled 999 after the child threatened her with a hammer and garden shears when she confiscated a mobile phone.

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