Innocent dad beaten by Kung Fu police

by Paul Conneally | June 26, 2008 at 12:00 pm

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The adrenalin rush that a car chase must give to police officers has raised a few issues around safety with some forces advising squad cars not to pursue if that would result in extra danger to the public. Here it goes one stage further and surely can't go unpunished.

A dad claimed yesterday he was battered and given a kung fu-style kicking by police who thought he was a joyrider fleeing a stolen car.

Farmer David Markham, 35, claims he was attacked by two officers when he stepped outside his bungalow after hearing a car crash.

The married dad-of-three spent seven hours in hospital after the attack and has only 40 per cent vision in his left eye and bruising to his head, ribs and back.