Met police officer who twice fired Taser at girl, 10, cleared of gross misconduct

PC Jonathan Broadhead used stun gun within seconds of entering the girl’s home in south-west London

A Metropolitan police constable who fired a Taser at a 10-year-old girl brandishing garden shears has been cleared of gross misconduct by a disciplinary panel.

PC Jonathan Broadhead fired his Taser at the girl twice within seconds of entering her home in south-west London on 21 January 2021, after her mother called 999 when the child threatened her with a hammer and the shears.