Police officer sacked for choking semi-naked woman until she passed out at hotel

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A police officer was sacked after using excessive force on a naked woman, threatening to "break her f****** neck" and choking her until she passed out.Robert Marshall "lost his composure" with the "vulnerable" woman, who was drunk and covered in salad cream, and was today sacked for using excessive force, a misconduct panel decided.He had been being called to the Hilton Hotel in Liverpool City Centre over concerns that her boyfriend had assaulted her.

Footage showed that when the woman tried to push past PC Marshall, getting salad cream on his uniform, he grabbed her around the throat, shouting "don't f****** grab me or I'll break your f****** neck."The jiu-jitsu trained officer also pinned her against the wall of the hotel corridor, with his forearm against her throat, for 11 seconds until she passed out and fell to the ground, as she tried to avoid being handcuffed, reports the Liverpool ECHO.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigated the matter into the officer, who joined the force in 2009. The three-person panel concluded that his use of force could not be justified and found him guilty of gross misconduct at Merseyside Police headquarters.Marshall's barrister, Julian King, referred the panel to a raft of “outstanding” character references from fellow officers and members of the public, who described him as a “hard-working professional” and a “good man” who was “kind and empathetic” to victims.

He was seen wiping tears away during proceedings.The panel was told he had been commended for bravery over an incident in 2021, when he single-handedly disarmed a machete wielding man who was threatening a former partner.During the hearing, PC Marshall had denied using excessive force when he arrested the