GMP special constable assaulted boy, 7, for spraying him with water - then tried to claim self-defence
A Greater Manchester Police special constable who grabbed a seven-year-old round the neck and shoulders after being 'accidentally' sprayed during a water fight has been convicted of assault. Andrew Parkinson, of Bolton, picked the boy up and carried him to his parents' house where his dad opened the front door to find him 'terrified and white as a sheet', a court heard.