Marcus Coutain, who was filmed pleading with officers to 'get off my neck', appeared in court today.
Deputy Commissioner Sir Steve House described the footage as ‘deeply disturbing’ and said some of the techniques, which are ‘not taught in police training’, caused him ‘great concern’.Coutain appeared in custody at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court this afternoon charged with possessing a knife in public.
At the start of the clip, one of the officers appears to be kneeling on the man’s neck and has his hand on his head. He then stands up and asks onlookers who are filming the incident to ‘move back’, while another clip shows more police officers arriving at the scene.The court heard Coutain matched the description of a suspect in an assault case, but Coutain’s lawyer, Timur Rustem, said his client was initially searched for drugs.
Speaking outside court, Mr Rustem called for a ‘formal apology’ from the police and said his client was ‘very distressed and very confused and not quite sure why he was targeted in this way’.He told reporters: ‘Essentially Mr Coutain was stopped and searched for matters for which he has not been charged.
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