ME Sacked, 5ft 3ins cop who CS-sprayed 6ft 4ins suspect ER when she was 'scared'

A ROOKIE police officer whose 'passion' was to join the force has been sacked after she CS-sprayed a 6ft 4ins suspect she had already 'disarmed.

- NEAL KEELING

Pc Rosalind Holt, who is 5ft 3ins, had responded to a mass brawl at a pub and seized an empty wine glass from the man which she feared could be used as a weapon.

The 37-year-old officer denied allegations she was motivated by racism when she confronted the black man at Ye Golden Lion pub in Market Street, Blackley.

The former PCSO, who was a GMP probationer at the time, told a disciplinary hearing last week it had been her 'passion' to join the police because she wanted to help people! She 'absolutely loved' her job, especially community work, she said.

At one point during the disciplinary hearing the officer stood up while being questioned and said: "Can I have a break? I can't handle this. I don't feel I should go through this s***" She walked out of the hearing room and the case was adjourned.

Now, the officer, who had denied gross misconduct, has been dismissed without notice. In the months before the incident the hearing was told the officer suffered nerve damage during a 'distressing' incident involving a shoplifter and she also suffered a spine injury which required surgery when a driver made off from a scene.