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19-02-2008, 04:15 PM
Pcs' 'squabble' over police van
A police officer punched a colleague in the face following a "petty squabble" over who was going to drive a force van, Newport Crown Court has heard. Pc Byron Emerson-Thomas, 37, wanted first go in the van at the start of a night shift because it was fitted with a new radio, the trial heard.
He denies wounding Pc Aled Bartlett, who needed eight stitches after the incident at a Cardiff police station.
Pc Emerson-Thomas will claim he acted in self-defence, the jury was told.
He has been suspended since the incident last May at Fairwater police station in the city.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7253207.stm
A police officer punched a colleague in the face following a "petty squabble" over who was going to drive a force van, Newport Crown Court has heard. Pc Byron Emerson-Thomas, 37, wanted first go in the van at the start of a night shift because it was fitted with a new radio, the trial heard.
He denies wounding Pc Aled Bartlett, who needed eight stitches after the incident at a Cardiff police station.
Pc Emerson-Thomas will claim he acted in self-defence, the jury was told.
He has been suspended since the incident last May at Fairwater police station in the city.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7253207.stm