Not Guilty: PC Cleared Of Domestic Assault

Wimbledon Magistrates Court

A policeman, accused of attacking his girlfriend and smashing a window while aggressively trying to get into her home, had the charges dropped yesterday.

PC Damian Carlin, 41, of Allum Court, Surbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates Court, where the CPS offered no evidence.

The officer, attached to Westminster, was off-duty at the time of the alleged incident at the two-bedroom cottage.

PC Carlin had already pleaded not guilty to assaulting Adrienne Coe at the address on December 1, last year.

He also denied a charge of causing £100 worth of criminal damage to a window and using violence to secure entry to the premises, knowing that was opposed.

Ms Coe responded to a witness summons and attended court for the trial, but insisted she did not want to give evidence.