A Met police officer who used unreasonable force against a pensioner in a row outside a post office has been banned from policing.

PC Dan Loft, who patrolled south London, was found guilty of gross misconduct after pushing the pensioner over a wall at a Royal Mail depot.

In the aftermath, the shocked victim told PC Loft to ‘remember who pays your wages’.

The police officer replied by saying: ‘You’re a pensioner, you don’t pay my wages, I pay yours.’

The OAP, known as Mr A, told the panel he went to the depot that morning as he was concerned about two valuable parcels that he couldn’t trace on the Royal Mail’s Tracked Delivery service on November 6, 2024.

After being told to wait until 8am to be served, Mr A was instructed to stand in front of a lorry.

When it moved towards him, he to

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