CCTV shows 'fed up' cop drive away from A&E with the door open, leaving student who grabbed hold of vehicle with severe facial injuries

CCTV shows the moment a cop 'fed up' with a student's repeated complaints drive off with his van door open - leaving the arrested man, who grabbed hold of the vehicle, with severe facial injuries.

PC Daniel Gaffney put the accelerator down knowing the passenger door of his van was still open, a disciplinary hearing has concluded.

The 'potentially vulnerable' suspect he had arrested earlier that night after he had been thrown out of a nightclub - Kaide Saeger - was standing between the open door and the van, and was speaking to PC Gaffney's colleague in the passenger seat as the van suddenly moved off.

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CCTV footage obtained by the Manchester Evening News - shown during the hearing - shows Mr Saeger running alongside the van for seven seconds after inexplicably grabbing hold of the moving vehicle, falling onto his face after it had topped 20mph.

Instead of stopping and checking on the man, PC Gaffney continued to drive away from the scene and only returned later to carry out a 'very cursory' check before continuing with his night shift, the disciplinary panel ruled.

Now the officer has been sacked after the three-day disciplinary hearing concluded he was guilty of gross misconduct, including a finding that he had tried to cover up from his bosses that the passenger door had been open.

The drama unfolded on an access road outside the A&E department of Manchester Royal Infirmary shortly after 3.30am on April 27, 2018.

The officer was accused of driving off - not because he wanted to hurt Mr Saeger, but because he was 'fed up' as the student was 'grumbling and moaning and causing a nuisance'