Three police officers have been charged with assault following the arrest of a 17-year-old boy on a bus, the police watchdog has said.

The Metropolitan Police officers will appear in court next week following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) into an allegation they used excessive force following an incident on April 2.

The watchdog said it investigated following a complaint about officers who stopped a bus in Tooting, London, and removed the youth from the vehicle.

Sergeant Dave Mattock, 36, Acting Sergeant Callum Ferguson, 26, and Pc Jack Beadle, 26, from the force’s South West Command Unit, will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on Monday, charged with assault by beating.

The IOPC said: “Our investigation followed a referral by the MPS in April after it received a complaint that excessive force was used by the officers.

“In September we passed a file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service, which authorised the charges contrary to section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.”

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