PC Ross Benson accused of smacking the girl, who was known to him, multiple times in 2018 A Metropolitan police officer has been sacked and banned from policing after allegedly spanking a 12-year-old girl’s bare bottom. PC Ross Benson, of the North West Basic Command Unit, was accused of smacking...
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