CCTV CAPTURES COPS BEATING STAB VICTIM; Force Launches Professional Standards Probe: EXCLUSIVE

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Byline: JOHN SUTTON

A STAB victim is suing Merseyside Police claiming he was beaten by bobbies as he lay bleeding in a city park.

Video footage shows the officers repeatedly punch Darren Grace with their fists as he was restrained on the grass in Stanley Park.

Today Merseyside Police accused the Anfield joiner of being violent towards the officers adding "CCTV images can never show the whole story".

After being shown the tape by the ECHO, the force voluntarily referred the incident to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

But the watchdog said it was happy for Merseyside Police to conduct its own investigation and it is now the subject of a Professional Standards Department probe.

Mr Grace has not lodged a formal …