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Met officer Andrew Ott guilty of London student protest assault | Met officer Andrew Ott guilty of London student protest assault |
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A Met Police officer has been convicted of assaulting a student whose tooth was knocked out during a protest. | A Met Police officer has been convicted of assaulting a student whose tooth was knocked out during a protest. |
PC Andrew Ott struck William Horner with his riot shield at a tuition fees protest in London in 2010. | PC Andrew Ott struck William Horner with his riot shield at a tuition fees protest in London in 2010. |
He and two officers were also accused of concocting a reason to falsely arrest the student. | He and two officers were also accused of concocting a reason to falsely arrest the student. |
Ott, 36, was found guilty of causing actual bodily harm at Southwark Crown Court. All three were cleared of perverting the course of justice. | Ott, 36, was found guilty of causing actual bodily harm at Southwark Crown Court. All three were cleared of perverting the course of justice. |
Mr Horner, then aged 20, was trying to break free from a kettled area during the protest in Parliament Square, Westminster on 9 December when he was struck. | Mr Horner, then aged 20, was trying to break free from a kettled area during the protest in Parliament Square, Westminster on 9 December when he was struck. |
The Royal Holloway student was then arrested on suspicion of threatening to commit criminal damage. | The Royal Holloway student was then arrested on suspicion of threatening to commit criminal damage. |
Ott, from Rochester in Kent, PC Calvin Lindsay, 31, from east London, and PC Thomas Barnes, 31, from Kent, were accused of making up a reason to arrest Mr Horner after he was injured. | Ott, from Rochester in Kent, PC Calvin Lindsay, 31, from east London, and PC Thomas Barnes, 31, from Kent, were accused of making up a reason to arrest Mr Horner after he was injured. |
The protests saw riot police pelted with missiles including rocks and concrete blocks, and the statues in Parliament Square being daubed with graffiti, the court heard. | The protests saw riot police pelted with missiles including rocks and concrete blocks, and the statues in Parliament Square being daubed with graffiti, the court heard. |
No further action was taken against Mr Horner. | No further action was taken against Mr Horner. |
PC Lindsay, from Leytonstone, and PC Barnes, from Greenhithe, and Ott have been on restricted duties during court proceedings. | |
Ott will be sentenced on Wednesday. |
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