{"id":2477,"date":"2018-10-18T00:53:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T00:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2018-10-18T00:53:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T00:53:58","slug":"police-officer-told-teenage-boy-he-was-doing-his-mum-a-favour-while-repeatedly-punching-him-in-the-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/2018\/10\/18\/police-officer-told-teenage-boy-he-was-doing-his-mum-a-favour-while-repeatedly-punching-him-in-the-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officer ‘told teenage boy he was “doing his mum a favour” while repeatedly punching him in the face’"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Wales hate crime officer Paul Evans denies repeatedly hitting schoolboy in head during ‘scary’ attack<\/p>\n

A\u00a0police<\/a>\u00a0hate crime officer repeatedly punched a 14-year-old boy who called him a \u201cp***y\u201d, before telling the child he was \u201cdoing his mother a favour\u201d, a court has heard.<\/p>\n

PC Paul Evans is accused of hitting the teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, after his mother had called police due to his behaviour.<\/p>\n

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Cardiff<\/a>\u00a0Magistrates Court heard PC Evans, 50, snapped after the boy called him a \u201cpig\u201d and a \u201cp***y\u201d, grabbing his throat, hitting his head on a sink and punching him several times in the face.<\/p>\n

The schoolboy was left with a bleeding nose, chipped tooth and bruising on his face.<\/p>\n

PC Evans, a hate crime officer in the community engagement team for\u00a0South Wales Police<\/a>, was later charged with assault after an investigation by his own colleagues.<\/p>\n

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The court was told how the officer was called to the property by the boy\u2019s\u00a0mother, who said he was punching\u00a0walls and threatening self-harm.<\/p>\n

When PC Evans and a colleague arrived at the scene, the teenager had locked himself in the bathroom and was talking to a friend on the phone.<\/p>\n