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(Picture: PA Archive)A Metropolitan Police special constable drunkenly attacked members of the public at a lockdown-busting party by biting and grabbing them around the throat, a misconduct hearing was told.
Fatma Ahmed was “extremely drunk” when she turned violent at the house party in May last year when Covid restrictions on gatherings were still in place.
Four members of the public were injured and one police officer was also assaulted in an “appalling series of events”, the hearing was told.
The former special PC pleaded guilty at Wimbledon magistrates court to four counts of assault by beating and one charge of assault on an emergency worker and was sentenced to an 18-month community order.
News of her fall from grace emerged after a Met Police misconduct hearing, which concluded Ahmed would have been dismissed if she not already quit.
“At a party that I note breached Covid restrictions, and having drunk a very considerable amount of alcohol, former special PC Ahmed assaulted four members of the public by either hitting them, biting them or placing her hands around their throats, causing various injuries,” said Assistant Commissioner Helen Ball, in her ruling.
“Some of this took place inside the house where the party was taking place, some outside in the street.
“Several of those assaulted were neighbours and completely unconnected to the party or former special PC Ahmed.
“She also assaulted an emergency worker, a police officer, without causing injury to him. She was found guilty, following a guilty plea, of all five assaults.”
The misconduct hearing was told the special constable – who joined the force in 2020 – was “horrified by her own behaviour”.
But Asst Commissioner Ball said Ahmed “chose to drink extremely heavily” and was “warned several times or asked to stop her behaviour”.
“She either had drunk so much that she could not control herself or she chose to continue her behaviour - either way, she had repeated opportunities to consider what she was doing…and stop – and even better stop and apologise - but she did not do so.”
Ahmed resigned from the Met before the misconduct hearing and would have been found guilty of gross misconduct if still serving.
