Boxer had taser pointed at face by officer who 'said she looked like a drug dealer'

Charlotte Powell, 25, was travelling backmost location aft grooming erstwhile she allegedly had a taser pointed successful her look by a constabulary serviceman who said she 'looked similar a cause dealer'

A boxer has claimed she was chased by police and had a taser pointed astatine her look portion cycling to her mum's location aft training.

Charlotte Powell, who alleges an serviceman told her she 'looked similar a cause dealer', says she injured her look and enarthrosis aft losing power of her pedal assistance motorcycle erstwhile constabulary began 'following her'. The 25 twelvemonth old, who is acceptable to combat successful Manchester successful November, was heading location aft grooming astir 11.40am connected Thursday, September 19.

Charlotte claims she didn't initially announcement the constabulary car down her until she turned onto the roadworthy wherever her mum resides. As she rode along, she said she crossed onto the incorrect broadside of the roadworthy arsenic she headed on, but fell disconnected her motorcycle arsenic she turned the corner. While connected the crushed connected the country of Pinehurst Avenue and Westcombe Road, Charlotte alleges an serviceman "ran towards her holding a taser."

Charlotte, who is owed to combat Emma Ruegg for the Commonwealth metallic ace flyweight rubric connected Saturday, November 16, successful Manchester, said: "I was riding location from the gym connected the Thursday greeting and I had my Beats [headphones] implicit my ears and had a chapeau on. I noticed the constabulary car and earlier I knew it they started pursuing maine and I've travel disconnected my bike.", reports the Manchester Evening News.

"As I'm lying determination I tin spot this constabulary serviceman moving astatine maine implicit the writer verge connected Pinehurst Avenue with thing yellowish successful his hand. I'm lying determination reasoning 'what's yellow? It's not a weapon oregon a baton, what could helium beryllium holding?'." Charlotte, who trains astatine Golden Gloves successful Toxteth, had her hood up portion riding her bike, and claims an serviceman said she "looked similar a cause dealer".

Merseyside Police confirmed an electrical motorcycle had been seized, with the unit explaining that Charlotte is required to insure the motorcycle successful bid to thrust it connected nationalist roads. The unit said they received nary reports of immoderate injuries successful the incident. Merseyside Police besides confirmed a taser was drawn but not utilized successful the incident.

A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police said: "We tin corroborate an electrical motorbike was seized aft a pistillate was seen riding carelessly successful Anfield connected Thursday 19 September. The pistillate was riding against the travel of postulation connected Pinehurst Avenue, and past fell disconnected the electrical motorbike arsenic she turned a country going into a broadside roadworthy portion the constabulary car was astatine a region connected the different broadside of the carriageway and driving with the travel of traffic."

"Officers stopped the rider and they were detained. She has been reported for having nary security and the electrical motorbike was seized by the officer. We received nary study of immoderate injuries from incident."