PC Paul Fisher, a specialist firearms officer, has been charged with a prison offence over the February 2020 incident, when he was known as out to studies of a knife assault on members of the general public.
He was among the many response to Sudesh Amman, a 20-year-old Islamic extremist who was in the end shot useless by armed officers whereas carrying a pretend suicide in Streatham Excessive Highway.
Fisher, from Whyteleafe in Surrey, appeared within the dock at Westminster magistrates court docket to face the harmful driving cost for the primary time on Monday.
The court docket heard he’s accused of driving at speeds of as much as 90mph on his journey from Gipsy Hill station to the scene of the assault, in addition to allegedly driving in the direction of visitors on the fallacious facet of the highway and narrowly lacking a sequence of autos.
Prosecutor Alejandra Tascon stated Fisher’s unmarked police automotive ultimately struck two different autos and “smashed right into a residential property, narrowly lacking a pedestrian”, on Streatham Frequent North, in Streatham, south-west London, on February 2 2020.
It’s stated the drivers of the opposite two autos misplaced consciousness after the collisions.
“The Crown say the mixture of excessive speeds and failure to anticipate the highway and highway customers forward, after already having had quite a few near-misses, fell nicely under the requirements of a fairly competent and cautious driver”, stated Ms Tascon.
Fisher indicated a not responsible plea to the cost and requested for his trial to happen earlier than decide and jury.
Chief Justice of the Peace Paul Goldspring adjourned the case for a listening to at Isleworth crown court docket on September 19.
Fisher, who’s connected to the Metropolitan Police Specialist Firearms Command, was freed on unconditional bail.
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