Police officer called to deal with violent teenager got angry at name calling and punched the boy, court hears

A police force's hate crime officer punched a 14-year-old after getting angry because the schoolboy called him names, a court heard.

PC Paul Evans is accused of repeatedly hitting the schoolboy after the boy's mother called police about his behaviour.

Cardiff Magistrates' Court heard Evans, 50, was was called a "pig" and a "p----" by the boy, which frustrated the officer to such an extreme he grabbed the teenager's throat, hit his head on a sink and punched him.

The schoolboy was left with a bleeding nose, chipped tooth and bruising on his face.

Evans, hate crime officer in the community engagement team for South Wales Police, was later charged with assault after an investigation by his own colleagues.

The court heard Evans and a colleague were called by his mother who said the boy began punching the walls - and had grabbed a knife threatening self-harm.

When Evans and his colleague arrived, the boy was locked in the bathroom talking to a friend on the phone.

Evans forced entry and is alleged to have thrust his forearm into the boy's throat - smashing his head against a toilet.

Vaughan Pritchard-Jones, prosecuting, said: "The boy became abusive telling the police to f--- off and calling them 'pigs'. This further annoyed and frustrated Evans."

Evans is alleged to have grabbed the boy's phone but when he couldn't turn the phone off, the boy then called him a "p----".

Mr Pritchard-Jones added: "For Evans, having been frustrated and annoyed, being called a p---- was the final straw and he reacted by punching the boy in the face."

The boy alleges that Evans told him that he was "doing his mother a favour" before punching him twice more to the face.

In his video interview, the alleged victim described the attack as "scary".

He said: "It all happened so quickly. Evans was calling me a disgrace, saying horrible things. He told me that if I was his son, he'd do the exact same to me. He was saying horrible, horrible things to me."

The alleged attack was stopped by Evans' colleague, PC Lauren Evans, who pulled him away.

When the teenager escaped and ran downstairs, the court heard that there was a delay before both officers followed him.

Mr Pritchard-Jones alleges that this was because Evans had "realised that he had done something seriously wrong".

Evans arrested his alleged victim for affray despite no reports or complaints of that nature and allegedly gave no caution.

The court heard how the boy had a history of false allegations - he admits making a hoax call to police claiming to have found "nail bombs" at his school".

Evans, 50, of Bridgend, South Wales, pleaded not guilty to assault.

The trial continues.