Eltham Police

Not a great couple of weeks for the police in Eltham. On Monday an unarmed man sitting in a car was shot in the throat by an armed police officer during a 'suspected robbery' at Boots in Eltham High Street (seems he wasn't critically injured, surprizingly). A policeman has been taken off firearms duties pending an investigation.

Last week, Pc Sean Smith from Eltham Police Station was found guilty in Manchester of nine charges of indecent assault against three young girls (although the offences date back ten years from a time before he was in the police).