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Dramatic CCTV footage has been released of a policeman repeatedly punching a suspected
shoplifter in the face.
Sarah Reed was sitting in a chair in the back of a central London clothing shop when PC
James Kiddie launched towards her, grabbing her hair and dragging her across the floor
and then punching her three times in the head.
He can be seen leaning on her neck as he waits for back up to arrive.
Kiddie told the courts today that he went to search her bag, and she bit him on the
finger and claimed that she had the AIDS virus.
He's has been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police and was found guilty of common assault.
Kiddie was spared jail but was sentenced to 150 hours of community services and told to
pay £500 in prosecution costs and a £60 victim surcharge.