A police constable who placed a suspect in a headlock and struck him repeatedly during an arrest in Porthmadog did nothing wrong, according to BBC reporting on a misconduct hearing. The hearing, which
The suspect said he was unable to breathe while being held in the headlock and punched by the constable during the arrest, according to a separate BBC report. The officer told the hearing that the man
Coverage of the case has also included an account that the man was slammed to the floor and swung around a garden by a Gwynedd police officer, as reported by the County Times. The hearing concerns ass
The accounts presented so far set the officer's position that his use of force was justified against the suspect's description of the arrest. The BBC's headline framing indicates the constable was fou
The misconduct hearing is set to continue, with further evidence expected to be heard before any conclusion is reached.
A police constable who put a Porthmadog suspect in a headlock and punched him nine times was found to have done nothing