Met PC fined over bus fare arrest

A court has fined a Metropolitan Police constable £1,500 for assaulting a woman when he wrongfully arrested her for bus fare evasion in front of her young son.

Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that Perry Lathwood ‘manhandled’ Jocelyn Agyemang in Croydon, Greater London, in July 2023.

During the arrest, Lathwood — from Normans Bay in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex — called Ms Agyemang a ‘daft cow’.

Ms Agyemang previously told the court she felt ‘very violated’, and was left with pain in her wrist and a bruised shoulder.