Officers charged with beating up terror suspect

FOUR British riot squad officers have been charged with beating up a Briton now awaiting extradition to the United States to face terrorism charges when they arrested him, prosecutors said yesterday.

Babar Ahmad, a 36-year-old computer expert, was detained in a dawn raid on his home in Tooting, south-west London, in December 2003.

“Mr Ahmad suffered a number of injuries during that arrest, including heavy bruising to the head, neck, wrists and feet,” said Simon Clements, head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crime Division.