Mr Ward was arrested by drugs squad officers following a raid on a house in Prescot, Merseyside, on Thursday.

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After a day-long trial, District Judge Peter Ward said that he believed the police officers and convicted Lennon of common assault.

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Mr Menlove, who will remain in place as a ward councillor, said he was not informed by officers of the situation.

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The security officers told the teacher and his wife he would be held in Evin Prison's Ward 209.

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Marino, who was suspended for 30 days in an unrelated case for using steroids, is one of several officers ensnared in another federal lawsuit by police whistleblower Adrian Schoolcraft, who says he was hauled off to a psychiatric ward against his will after he alleged quotas and downgrading crime in Brooklyn.

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