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A police sergeant filmed hitting out at a woman during the G20 protests has been suspended amid fresh allegations of police brutality during the summit.

The officer was seen swiping at the woman with his hand before apparently hitting her across the legs with a baton in footage on YouTube.

Scotland Yard said the Independent Police Complaints Commission, already probing the death of Ian Tomlinson, would launch an inquiry.

“The officer has been identified and suspended pending further investigation. The officer works as a sergeant in the territorial support group,” a Yard spokesman said.

Labour MP David Winnick said it was “outright police brutality” while Shami Chakrabarti, of Liberty, added: “It is no doubt a pressure cooker environment, however highly trained professionals are supposed to be better at defusing the situation.”

David Howarth, Liberal Democrat justice spokesman, called for a “full-scale inquiry”.

According to the Guardian, footage of the confrontation was taken at the Bank of England the day after Mr Tomlinson’s death.

The IPCC had said it remained hopeful that fresh CCTV footage would help piece together the final moments of Mr Tomlinson, 47, who died from a heart attack after the incident.