>*A Metropolitan Police officer who was fined £1,500 for assault after wrongly arresting a woman for bus fare evasion has had his conviction quashed. Pc Perry Lathwood had been convicted of the common assault of a woman who had been travelling on a bus in* [*Croydon*](https://www.mylondon.news/all-about/croydon)*, South London, in June 2023.*
>*The trial of the officer, at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, was told that he grabbed the woman by the arm, causing bruising injuries during the arrest. He was convicted on May 17 of this year and was aged 50 at the time of his sentencing in June.*
>*A video of the incident was shared online, attracting significant public interest, police said.*
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Good, it was absolutely absurd.
Tan Ikram really needs to be sacked.
Conviction quashed but there was no need to do what he did. Maybe he has learned something from this overall. Note
>We accept this incident was not handled perfectly and there is valuable learning to be taken from it. However, we believe that could have been done through police misconduct mechanisms, not the courts.
Lol, downvotes for repeating exactly what was stated in the article.
This article could have been one or two sentences there’s painfully little information in there, i.e. what were the grounds of appeal, what did the court say.
We’re genuinely a banana republic at this point.
I wonder who’s in the wrong, the woman who was repeatedly asked to present her Oyster card (like tens of thousands of normal people are asked to daily, and are happy to comply) or the officer who arrested for fucking refusing to comply.
Why is it so impossible for some people to follow instructions? Why is it so impossible for them to understand sure, you can refuse – but there will be consequences for your actions.
It’s like cause and effect are genuinely beyond their mental capabilities.
What’s even worse is the assistant commissioner putting out a statement purportedly in support of the conviction being quashed but stating that this could have been handled by the police misconduct mechanisms, and that there are lessons to be learnt from this.
What fucking misconduct?
What fucking lessons? That officers should no longer police people who are breaking the law by travelling without paying?
Would this be the one where a woman refused to show a ticket to a bus inspector and to a policeman and tried to walk away so he held her arm , only to finally produce a ticket once actually arrested …. so apparently she did nothing wrong and he did? Good, glad it’s been quashed.
Can anyone see the story on BBC front page?
He was very much on it when the incident was first reported and when he was convicted.
Not saying it’s a conscious thing, but it doesn’t feel appropriate that his exoneration isn’t equally prominent.
Being from Sheffield I’m a little wary of police spokespeople saying that their own internal misconduct procedures will help get to the bottom of things. I am hoping that this is a learning opportunity and Lathwood tries to deescalate situations in future.
I’m surprised that there’s so many people *this* passionate about not paying bus fare. I’m not saying it’s right I’m just saying some people here are a tad intense about it!
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>*A Metropolitan Police officer who was fined £1,500 for assault after wrongly arresting a woman for bus fare evasion has had his conviction quashed. Pc Perry Lathwood had been convicted of the common assault of a woman who had been travelling on a bus in* [*Croydon*](https://www.mylondon.news/all-about/croydon)*, South London, in June 2023.*
>*The trial of the officer, at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, was told that he grabbed the woman by the arm, causing bruising injuries during the arrest. He was convicted on May 17 of this year and was aged 50 at the time of his sentencing in June.*
>*Mr Lathwood, attached to the* [*Metropolitan Police*](https://www.mylondon.news/all-about/metropolitan-police)*’s Road Traffic Policing Command, appealed against the conviction and it was quashed at* [*Southwark*](https://www.mylondon.news/all-about/southwark) *Crown Court on Friday, the Metropolitan Police said.*
>*A video of the incident was shared online, attracting significant public interest, police said.*
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Good, it was absolutely absurd.
Tan Ikram really needs to be sacked.
Conviction quashed but there was no need to do what he did. Maybe he has learned something from this overall. Note
>We accept this incident was not handled perfectly and there is valuable learning to be taken from it. However, we believe that could have been done through police misconduct mechanisms, not the courts.
Lol, downvotes for repeating exactly what was stated in the article.
This article could have been one or two sentences there’s painfully little information in there, i.e. what were the grounds of appeal, what did the court say.
We’re genuinely a banana republic at this point.
I wonder who’s in the wrong, the woman who was repeatedly asked to present her Oyster card (like tens of thousands of normal people are asked to daily, and are happy to comply) or the officer who arrested for fucking refusing to comply.
Why is it so impossible for some people to follow instructions? Why is it so impossible for them to understand sure, you can refuse – but there will be consequences for your actions.
It’s like cause and effect are genuinely beyond their mental capabilities.
What’s even worse is the assistant commissioner putting out a statement purportedly in support of the conviction being quashed but stating that this could have been handled by the police misconduct mechanisms, and that there are lessons to be learnt from this.
What fucking misconduct?
What fucking lessons? That officers should no longer police people who are breaking the law by travelling without paying?
Would this be the one where a woman refused to show a ticket to a bus inspector and to a policeman and tried to walk away so he held her arm , only to finally produce a ticket once actually arrested …. so apparently she did nothing wrong and he did? Good, glad it’s been quashed.
Can anyone see the story on BBC front page?
He was very much on it when the incident was first reported and when he was convicted.
Not saying it’s a conscious thing, but it doesn’t feel appropriate that his exoneration isn’t equally prominent.
Being from Sheffield I’m a little wary of police spokespeople saying that their own internal misconduct procedures will help get to the bottom of things. I am hoping that this is a learning opportunity and Lathwood tries to deescalate situations in future.
I’m surprised that there’s so many people *this* passionate about not paying bus fare. I’m not saying it’s right I’m just saying some people here are a tad intense about it!