PC facing riots race abuse charge

A Scotland Yard police officer is to be charged with racially abusing a suspect during the summer riots, prosecutors said today.

PC facing riots race abuse charge
Tue, 17 Apr, 2012 - 12:57

A Scotland Yard police officer is to be charged with racially abusing a suspect during the summer riots, prosecutors said today.

There is now “sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction” of Pc Alex MacFarlane, a Crown Prosecution Service review concluded.

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