A POLICE community support officer has appeared in court charged with assault and intending to pervert the course of justice.
PCSO Stef Loftus, aged 22, from Ilford, making false statements in relation to the arrest of a man on suspicion of possession of cannabis on January 26 last year.
Sergeant Marcus Garvey, aged 44, of Chantry Close, Abbey Wood, faces similar charges in relation to the same incident while 40-year-old PC Wayne Campbell, from Cliffe in Kent, faces a sole charge of assault.
All three are based at Eltham police station, in Greenwich, South London, and have been restricted to office duties while court proceedings continue.
They will next appear at Southwark Crown Court on June 26 where they are expected to enter a plea.
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