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| Pc is jailed for punching child | Pc is jailed for punching child |
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| A policeman has been jailed for 12 weeks for punching a 12-year-old boy in the face at a police station. | A policeman has been jailed for 12 weeks for punching a 12-year-old boy in the face at a police station. |
| Pc Daniel Gaffney, 30, of Greater Manchester Police, admitted punching the boy but said he was acting in self-defence. | Pc Daniel Gaffney, 30, of Greater Manchester Police, admitted punching the boy but said he was acting in self-defence. |
| He had pleaded not guilty to assault, but magistrates rejected his claim. | He had pleaded not guilty to assault, but magistrates rejected his claim. |
| Halton Magistrates' Court was told that Gaffney, who is suspended from duty, hit the boy so hard that a custody sergeant thought his nose was broken. | |
| Gaffney attacked the boy in November last year at Didsbury police station after the boy was arrested at a children's home in Wythenshawe. | Gaffney attacked the boy in November last year at Didsbury police station after the boy was arrested at a children's home in Wythenshawe. |
| He had been drinking vodka with a friend and threatening staff with a fence post. | He had been drinking vodka with a friend and threatening staff with a fence post. |
| Child 'intimidating' | Child 'intimidating' |
| At the police station the boy claimed to have a gun and Gaffney took him to be strip-searched. | At the police station the boy claimed to have a gun and Gaffney took him to be strip-searched. |
| But by the time a colleague arrived to help, Gaffney had assaulted the boy. | But by the time a colleague arrived to help, Gaffney had assaulted the boy. |
| Gaffney, of Northwich, Cheshire, a response officer with Greater Manchester Police for nearly seven years, initially lied to his bosses, claiming the boy fell. | Gaffney, of Northwich, Cheshire, a response officer with Greater Manchester Police for nearly seven years, initially lied to his bosses, claiming the boy fell. |
| A day later he admitted punching him with a force equivalent to a "seven or eight out of 10", he said, bursting the boy's nose. | A day later he admitted punching him with a force equivalent to a "seven or eight out of 10", he said, bursting the boy's nose. |
| He said that the child had intimidated him. | He said that the child had intimidated him. |
| Gaffney was suspended from the force as soon as the allegations came to light and his position will now be reviewed, police said. |