Met Police officer 'broke taxi driver's jaw' after demanding he hand over keys

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Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter A Metropolitan Police officer allegedly broke the jaw of a taxi driver after forcing him to pull over and insisting he hand over the keys to his car, a court heard.According to Essex Live, officer Gareth Head allegedly flew into a fit of rage when the driver questioned whether not he was a policeman after pulling up near the copper's home on Westbourne Drive, Brentwood.

The 45-year-old, who was a constable at the time of the assault, reportedly kept repeating that he was a police officer after he and a friend hailed the taxi in the early hours of May 28, 2018 on Brentwood High Street.But when the driver asked to see his police