Watching the Detectives.....................

Sunday 1 May 2011

Plastic policeman accused of attacking his ‘Juju spell’ wife


A police community support officer has been suspended after being arrested over allegations of domestic violence.

Police took action after colleagues of Nigerian-born Esiri Natufe threatened to refuse to accompany him on security patrols in central London. Female colleagues in particular were said to be angry that the PCSO has claimed to officials that his wife is possessed by a “Juju” witchcraft spell.

Mr Natufe was arrested on 2 May but it has taken two weeks before police took the decision to suspend him.

Mr Natufe, who has been a PCSO for four years, is said to believe that his wife is under the influence of a Voodoo-type spell.

Now police in his home borough of Southwark are understood to be pressing ahead with a prosecution.The Met's domestic violence policy is to pursue alleged abusers even without the alleged victim's consent. 

The case raises new questions over the vetting and recruitment of PCSOs. About 11 are suspended while facing investigations though police say this is a small minority out of the total of 4,357.

Mr Natufe is employed on security patrols in Westminster and is based at Belgravia police station. In February the station faced allegations of an apartheid regime among its PCSOs. One of them claimed there were separate vans for white PCSOs and ethnic minority officers. His race claim against the Met is ongoing. 

A Met spokesman said: “We can confirm that a 46-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an assault on a woman on 30th April.”

 14 May 2009

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