Call to charge police driver

A police officer whose patrol car drove into a teenager, crushing his leg, may have been "unjustified" in his actions, an official watchdog has reportedly ruled.

Sherman Thomas was 18 when the car hit him.

The Police Complaints Authority ordered that the officer be charged with a disciplinary offence of misconduct after the Metropolitan Police refused to do so.

Despite being arrested Mr Thomas was never charged with any offence and has been left in severe pain.

Police chased the teenager in July 2000, suspecting him of having ridden a stolen moped. His lawyers say he had surrendered before the car struck him.

A PCA spokesman told The Guardian: "It will be put to the officer that his actions were unjustified"