Met pays £4,000 to the boy dumped in litter bin by officer

The Met has paid thousands of pounds in compensation to a teenage boy dumped in a litter bin by a police officer.

Anop Singh, now 16, was hoisted over the shoulder of the plain-clothes constable and placed feet first in the bin after they exchanged words.

The incident was filmed on a mobile phone by a friend of the boy but the officer escaped criminal charges and kept his job.

Instead, he was given a written warning following an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission into the incident outside Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, in October 2005.

However, the Evening Standard has learned that the force paid about £4,000 to the boy this year to compensate him for his ordeal.

Anop, of Stamford Hill, said today the money would never make up for the "humiliation and distress" he suffered.

He said: "It's not about the money. If I had done what that police officer did I'm sure I would have ended up in prison.

"I would rather he had been punished properly for what he did to me. It was the worst thing that ever happened to me."

The teenager, who plans to train as a plumber, said he accepted the cash because his solicitor told him it was his only option.

He added: "I can't stand the fact that he got away with it and that he could do it to someone else."

The incident was sparked when Anop and his friend, Pierre Cornwall, began filming police as they responded to reports of a group of youths throwing conkers at people in the park.

One Pc told Anop to move or he would put him in a bin, to which the boy replied: "You're going to put me in the bin? Go on then."

The officer then carried out his threat as Pierre, 17, continued filming. The footage also showed a second officer making an offensive gesture.

Anop threatened to sue and claimed other youths bullied him after the incident, branding him "bin boy".

Deborah Glass, IPCC commissioner for London, said written warnings for the two officers were appropriate because their actions were "clearly foolish" but "not malicious".

But Anop's father, car mechanic Gurdev Singh, 37, said: "We're not satisfied and I will always be angry about the way my son was tossed around like a piece of rubbish. The officer should have been sacked ... they are supposed to set an example."

A Met spokeswoman said: "We received a complaint and an out-of-court settlement was reached."