Police officer sacked after attacking drunk prisoner in custody

Summarised from CornwallLive's report · Updated 5 Nov, 22:50 · Archive

A Newquay police officer has been sacked after intentionally swinging a drunk prisoner into a wall in a custody suite.

PC Michael Ireland of Devon and Cornwall Police was sacked after a misconduct hearing found he had attacked three drunk detainees in Newquay custody suite. In the most serious incident, Ireland intentionally swung one prisoner with such force that the man smashed his head into a wall and lost a tooth. Ireland then lied to colleagues, claiming the prisoner had caused the injury himself by 'nutting the door'.

In a second incident, Ireland sprayed a drunk man with irritant spray, which he later said was 'punishment', and called him a 'horrible creature, knob head, clown, dick, rat, tit and doughnut'. In a third case, he handcuffed a man, grabbed him by the throat, used force on his legs and threatened to 'fold him in half in the back of the van' before placing him in leg restraints. The incidents occurred in December 2023 and January 2024 and were all recorded on CCTV and body-worn cameras. Ireland admitted he had 'gone over the top' in the van incident and said he had gone from 'zero to a hundred miles an hour'.

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• Newquay angry cop sacked for attack on drunk prisonerHe also called another a 'horrible creature, k**b head, clown, d*ck, rat, t*t and doughnut'CornwallLive · 5 Nov, 11:48

In this story: PC Michael Ireland · Devon and Cornwall Police · Newquay · Merseyside

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