PC who dragged woman from home banned from policing

A police officer has been sacked and banned from the profession after dragging a woman from a property and leaving her partially-dressed on the driveway.

PC Paul Littler was found guilty of gross misconduct on Wednesday at a hearing arranged by West Midlands Police, following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

The IOPC said Littler abused his position and treated the woman with "a lack of respect" during the incident in Birmingham in November 2022.

He was dismissed without notice and added to the College of Policing's barred list.

At the time of the incident, Littler was already on a final written warning relating to a separate incident.

The misconduct hearing's disciplinary was told that Littler had gone to the property following reports that a tenant was refusing to leave.

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