Investigation into ‘brute force’ in woman’s arrest

THE Independent Police Complaints Commission launched an investigation yesterday after a police officer used what he himself called “brute force” in arresting a young black mother-of-one.

PC Anthony Mulhall, of South Yorkshire Police, was removed from frontline duties after it emerged that he hit Toni Comer in order to subdue her, so she could be handcuffed.

In a statement made after the incident, PC Mulhall said he hit her “as hard as I was physically able”.