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| Officer cleared of racial abuse | Officer cleared of racial abuse |
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| A Metropolitan Police officer has been found not guilty of racially abusing two teenagers. | A Metropolitan Police officer has been found not guilty of racially abusing two teenagers. |
| Pc Mark Jones, 42, was accused of subjecting the youths to a physical and verbal attack while on patrol in a police van in west London in June 2007. | Pc Mark Jones, 42, was accused of subjecting the youths to a physical and verbal attack while on patrol in a police van in west London in June 2007. |
| He allegedly accused a Kuwaiti youth of "robbing people while British soldiers are getting killed in Iraq". | He allegedly accused a Kuwaiti youth of "robbing people while British soldiers are getting killed in Iraq". |
| Mr Jones and four colleagues were also found not guilty of misfeasance in public office. | Mr Jones and four colleagues were also found not guilty of misfeasance in public office. |
| Kingston Crown Court heard that Mr Jones was travelling with colleagues from central London's Paddington Green police station to Lambeth when officers saw a group of youths allegedly mouthing obscenities at them. | |
| They came to a stop and three teenagers were allegedly taken into the van one by one and subjected to taunts by the officers. | |
| Mr Jones, who is a member of the force's Territorial Support Group, was cleared of misfeasance in public office with Pc Neil Brown, 33, Sgt William Wilson, 52, Pc Steven White, 31, and Pc Giles Kitchener, 31. |