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Court for violent police officer caught on tape
By MaltaMedia News
Jun 7, 2007 - 5:59:15 PM
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On Thursday, the police said they had enough evidence to proceed legally against a fellow police officer who was caught on tape while violently kicking an elderly French woman who consequently passed out for more than three minutes.
Following internal investigations, the police officer will be charged in court in the coming hours, the police said in a press release.
The incident shocked many on Wednesday when
Malta Today published photos from a grim four-minute video clip which
was taken from the balcony of an apartment in St George’s Road, St
Julian’s, on Thursday 17 May in the afternoon.
The elderly lady appeared agitated because the police sergeant had planted himself in the way of her shutting her car door,
Malta Today said. She in fact attempted to physically get him out of the way.
Investigations carried out by the newspaper later revealed that the
lady had attracted police attention by hooting repeatedly at a coach
which had blocked the road for several minutes.
At one point, the police officer who was continually talking on his mobile phone, reacted by kneeling the elderly French woman who seemingly lost consciousness for more than three minutes. The police officer seemed to remain unperturbed,
Malta Today reported.
When the woman regained her senses, an ambulance arrived on scene and the staff seemed to try to convince the French woman to board the ambulance. However, the footage ends with the ambulance leaving, the woman still in her car and the police officer nowhere to be seen.
The incident was not reported to the police back then.
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