Stockwell Park Road, where the initial arrest was made
(Picture: Google Maps)A policewoman who repeatedly hit an offender in the face after he was arrested has been found guilty of assault by beating.
PC Claudia Pastina was bitten by the offender when they attended an incident in Stockwell Park Road, Lambeth, on February 19.
Alongside a Metropolitan Police colleague, she approached the man and asked him to leave the house he was in but he refused, striking and injuring the other police officer with keys, before being arrested.
After arresting him for assaulting an emergency worker, PC Pastina then delivered a number of strikes to the man’s face, the Met said.
Following a criminal investigation by the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards, she was charged in August and placed on restricted duties.
The Central South Basic Command Unit officer was found guilty on Monday and given a 16-week sentence, suspended for two years. She was also fined £748.
Chief superintendent Colin Wingrove said: “The public trust us to use the powers we have fairly, professionally and act with the highest standards at all times.
“In this case the high standards we expect were not met. PC Pastina’s actions were completely unacceptable.
“We will always investigate allegations of wrongdoing and take the appropriate action. Misconduct proceedings will now follow.”
The Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards is now progressing a misconduct investigation.
