CS-spray rookie cop denies misconduct

A POLICE officer CS-sprayed a man during a call to a mass brawl at a pub even though she had 'disarmed' him by seizing an empty wine glass which she feared could be used as a weapon, a disciplinary hearing was told.

- JOHN SCHEERHOUT

Pc Rosalind Holt, 37, denied allegations she was motivated by racism when she confronted the black man at Ye Golden Lion pub in Blackley. The 5ft 3ins rookie cop said she acted because she was being threatened by the 6ft 4ins man when she went into the Market Street boozer at around 10pm in July 2020.

The former PCSO, who was a GMP probationer at the time, was just 18 months into her career as a police officer when she was dispatched to the pub following reports of a brawl involving 15 to