Following the incident, Mr Burgess was taken to hospital and later contracted Covid. He died 22 days later. The court heard that PC Smith allegedly emptied a full canister of synthetic Pava spray ...

A police officer has been cleared of assaulting a woman who set fire to her flat and jumped off a balcony before biting his colleague ...

A Police Ombudsman review of the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s (PSNI) use of ‘Attenuating Energy Projectiles’ (AEPs), commonly known as baton rounds, during public disorder in June has ...

A review from the Police Ombudsman has stated the PSNI showed "considerable restraint" in their use of force during riots ...

Two police officers joked about using a full can of Pava spray on a 92-year-old care home resident who had just been tasered and arrested, a court has heard.. Body-worn video footage of officers ...

A jury found 51-year-old PC Stephen Smith not guilty of two counts of assault for using Pava spray - similar to pepper spray - and a baton. PC Rachel Comotto, 36, was found not guilty of one count ...

Two police officers have been found not guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm after a 92-year-old amputee was pepper-sprayed and Tasered at his care home. PCs Stephen Smith, 51, and ...

A member of the public then called police, reporting that Northrop was kicking a phone box, though he denied doing this.

A police officer who used PAVA spray on Michael McQueen, who also appeared to punch the man in his wheelchair, will not face any disciplinary action Police officers who are seen in footage to have ...

A man who tried to murder a police officer while armed with Molotov cocktails has been jailed for life with a minimum term of ...

Two police officers joked about using a full can of Pava spray on a 92-year-old care home resident who had just been tasered and arrested, a court has heard.. Body-worn video footage of officers ...