Officer leaves force after assault

Date published: 05/08/2008

A police officer who was convicted of assaulting a man in custody at Rochdale Police Station has left Greater Manchester Police as he was 'required to resign'.

36-year old Anthony Lang, from Moston, was found to have attacked a man who had been arrested at the Rochdale station in June last year.

He was fined £800 and ordered to pay £350 costs and £100 compensation by magistrates in Macclesfield.

Lang was convicted after a trial in February.

A spokesman for the force said Lang was 'required to resign following a disciplinary tribunal'.