A serving Met Police officer has denied he assaulted a man during an arrest in east London last year. The man he is accused of assaulting had been arrested for causing criminal damage outside a shop and was later de-arrested at the scenePC Marsh, of Ferrymead, Canvey Island, Essex, was charged following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct. The officer was given unconditional bail and a trial date was set for 6 November at Westminster Magistrates' Court