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Lying copper fired for making up statement about teenager assault in Bromley High Street
10:24am Wednesday 18th July 2012 in Bromley By Robert Fisk
Lying copper fired for making up statement about teenager assault in Bromley
A COP has been fired for lying about what happened the night a fellow officer pushed a teenager through a shop window in Bromley.
The police constable, who was part of the Met’s territorial support group at the time of the incident, was found to have dishonestly written a false statement.
He was dismissed following a gross misconduct hearing.
The false statement relates to an incident in Bromley High Street on February 27, 2010, for which PC Marcus Ballard was found guilty of assaulting Onyeka Obi.
Ballard pushed the 16-year-old backwards resulting in him falling through a shop window.
The misconduct panel heard the 48-year-old officer, now based at Heathrow, falsified his statement by describing seeing Mr Obi’s right arm raise towards PC Ballard’s head in support of the account PC Ballard had given.
CCTV footage gathered during the investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission showed Mr Obi had his hands in his pockets and was not acting in a threatening manner when he was approached by the police.
Commissioner Mike Franklin said: “At the time of the assault Mr Obi was only 16-years-old.
“The courage he has shown providing evidence at the criminal trial and being requested to take part in this separate gross misconduct hearing should not be underestimated.
“There cannot be any place for dishonest officers within the Metropolitan Police Service and this was a deliberate lie intended to support the fictitious account provided by PC Ballard.
“It is right this officer has been dismissed without notice.”
Ballard was sentenced to 150 hours unpaid work and made to pay £500 in court costs and £500 in compensation to the victim at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on March 18 last year.
The man, who was 29 at the time, was convicted of one charge relating to him pushing the boy backwards into the window but cleared of another, which referred to him grabbing the teen's right arm.
Comments(17)
Guess who ;) AGAIN !
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2:38pm Wed 18 Jul 12
OK they aint perfect, but they are human.
Yes I've had my run ins with them over the years too. I learnt a long time ago though to keep me trap shut and do as they say cause theres only one winner in the end. That's life though.
rojo174
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6:05pm Wed 18 Jul 12
Chrisbitz
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6:38pm Wed 18 Jul 12
Chrisbitz
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6:39pm Wed 18 Jul 12
miss sweethuney
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9:40am Thu 19 Jul 12
Guess who ;) AGAIN ! wrote:it does not surprise me in the least that you are known to the police your type are always are lol
Why dont we just tie both hands behind a coppers back, put a blindfold on them all and have done with it. OK they aint perfect, but they are human. Yes I've had my run ins with them over the years too. I learnt a long time ago though to keep me trap shut and do as they say cause theres only one winner in the end. That's life though.
76543Don
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9:52am Thu 19 Jul 12
commenting scoffer
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10:05am Thu 19 Jul 12
miss sweethuney wrote:...rofl!! ...real 'ard eh ? - got a bit of previous - all noted!! ...better check me c.c.t.v. yawn!! whahahay!!
Guess who ;) AGAIN ! wrote: Why dont we just tie both hands behind a coppers back, put a blindfold on them all and have done with it. OK they aint perfect, but they are human. Yes I've had my run ins with them over the years too. I learnt a long time ago though to keep me trap shut and do as they say cause theres only one winner in the end. That's life though.it does not surprise me in the least that you are known to the police your type are always are lol
Tongue in Cheek
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10:17am Thu 19 Jul 12
Guess who ;) AGAIN !
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11:26am Thu 19 Jul 12
I'm as pure as driven snow. ROFL !!
RICHARD DOLAN
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12:42pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Well done Met you are doing a good job under difficult circumstances....
Guess who ;) AGAIN !
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3:53pm Thu 19 Jul 12
The right result.
commenting scoffer
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10:37am Fri 20 Jul 12
Guess who ;) AGAIN ! wrote:...i beg your pardon ? according to the daily wail - he is a 'thug' ...i mean reading this fellas previous... come on fer guds sake!!...he gets 'ill-health' early retirement from the metropolitian police... gets back in with 'surrey police ?... then back to the 'met' from where he said he was too ill to work for in the first place ?? eh ??? jeeze... something not right here... along with all the things he has been pulled-up on whilst in the police force... i tend to agree with the mail - a thug!!
Nice to see PC Simon Harwood walked today. The right result.
commenting scoffer
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10:48am Fri 20 Jul 12
Guess who ;) AGAIN ! wrote:...right - let's check your claims out - first you claim ... you've had your 'run-ins' with them... so you must have been acting in a suspicious manner to be stopped by the police in the first place ? looking a bit shifty ?? dodgy rust-bucket car perhaps ??? either way - you were stopped by the boys in-blue... then you claim... 'you learned to keep your trap shut' ...why was you mouthy ? rude ?? to the police officers then ??? decent members of the community do not have to learn to be rude or mouthy to the police - they were raised in the decent, honest, way... now you backtrack and say it was the 'traffic police' ...again, you must have been doing something wrong for the wonderful police to be stopping you in the first place ? then you claim... 'we always agree to disagree - and go on our merry ways' ...what utter eye-wash you come out with!! rofl!!
No previous girls, I said run ins, most with traffic 'gentlemen'. We always 'agree to disagree', and go on our merry ways. I'm as pure as driven snow. ROFL !!
Mr Chocolate
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11:13am Fri 20 Jul 12
Virtual-Monster wrote:This is great idea.
Corrupt, lying Police Officers? That never happens does it?
Without independant CCTV evidence this case would have never been proved.
The only way to hold Polie Officers fully accountable is to force them to wear body-cams recording all of their actions and interactions.
I had a similar situation where I was assaulted by police returning home from a night out. They shouted 'police'. I stopped & turned round calmly, and was thrown 2 floor and punched in back while on floor, stole my money. But because there is no CCTV, my word against theres. and in their report they lied and said I turned round aggresively with clenched fists called them the c word. Cant do anything to police without proof. Just wasting your time complaining.
I believe there are many police out there who see young men in particular as an easy target and their arrogance and unprofessionalism is shocking. They know if theres no cameras, they can do what they want.
Body cams are needed because the scummy officers who do these things are not only wrecking the young peoples lives they assault, but also the countrys perceptions of the police.
There must be so many other incidents over the country where they just get away with it. it makes me sick. no wonder there is so much anger towards the police. The cams would help flush out the incompetent, corrupt, lying scum.
Guess who ;) AGAIN !
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12:07pm Fri 20 Jul 12
nuffink to say guv till me brief gets ear from the Walworf road, ears is card give im a bell tell im ya got old Joe. Nah get us a tea and dont slam the cell door on ya way out theres a good boi.
That's my bog standard conversation wiv OB.
tHaNK yoU
jaded1
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1:45pm Fri 20 Jul 12
Mr Chocolate wrote:Laughable-beat you up and stole your money? Happens all the time!
Virtual-Monster wrote:This is great idea.
Corrupt, lying Police Officers? That never happens does it?
Without independant CCTV evidence this case would have never been proved.
The only way to hold Polie Officers fully accountable is to force them to wear body-cams recording all of their actions and interactions.
I had a similar situation where I was assaulted by police returning home from a night out. They shouted 'police'. I stopped & turned round calmly, and was thrown 2 floor and punched in back while on floor, stole my money. But because there is no CCTV, my word against theres. and in their report they lied and said I turned round aggresively with clenched fists called them the c word. Cant do anything to police without proof. Just wasting your time complaining.
I believe there are many police out there who see young men in particular as an easy target and their arrogance and unprofessionalism is shocking. They know if theres no cameras, they can do what they want.
Body cams are needed because the scummy officers who do these things are not only wrecking the young peoples lives they assault, but also the countrys perceptions of the police.
There must be so many other incidents over the country where they just get away with it. it makes me sick. no wonder there is so much anger towards the police. The cams would help flush out the incompetent, corrupt, lying scum.
Virtual-Monster says...
1:43pm Wed 18 Jul 12
Without independant CCTV evidence this case would have never been proved.
The only way to hold Polie Officers fully accountable is to force them to wear body-cams recording all of their actions and interactions.