Rookie cop answering 'tragic' 999 call 'did nothing less than what the public would expect', hearing told

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A rookie cop with only basic police driving permissions was doing 'nothing less than what the public would expect' when he decided to break the speed limit and run red lights to answer a 999 call which ended in a crash that left a teenager seriously brain damaged, a hearing has been told.

PC Boris McDohl, 34, was a 'diligent and decent' police officer who volunteered to respond to reports of a violent man with a knife running amok in a house when he could have ignored the call, the officer's barrister told a disciplinary hearing.

The Stockport-based 'response officer' then performed CPR on the 15-year-old who was left in a 'permanent vegetative state'.

PC McDohl admits he defied his 'basic' police driving qualification which stipulated he abide by the laws of the road like any other civilian road user.