Met Police firearms officer 'beat up innocent man during raid at a Docklands flat for lying'

A Met Police firearms officer beat up an innocent man during a raid at a Docklands apartment because he believed he had been lied to, a court heard.

Pc Adrian Daly, 46, is alleged to have punched and kicked Jonathan Spencer while he was handcuffed and naked apart from a duvet.

The officer believed Mr Spencer had lied about the occupants of the apartment during the 5am raid.

Daly allegedly said to Mr Spencer: “You don’t f***ing lie to the police”, Southwark crown court heard.

Daly, of Tower Hamlets, denies assault occasioning actual bodily harm in 2015.

Mr Spencer, his girlfriend Daniella, and a flatmate called Natalie came out with their arms raised when police forced their way in searching for a murder suspect.

Daly told investigators he spoke to Mr Spencer “about lying to the police” but did not attack him. The trial continues.