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PC Kashif Mahmood, based at Stoke Newington police station, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today (14 December) charged with common assault following an Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation.

PC Mahmood was investigated as the result of a complaint made after a man sustained a cut to his head on 5 May during an incident at a police cordon in Clapton, east London.

Police were present at a cordon, on an unrelated matter, close to the junction of Almack Road and Powerscroft Road. A man repeatedly approached police officers at the cordon, before being involved in an incident with PC Mahmood in which he sustained a cut to his head. The man was also arrested.

The Metropolitan Police referred the incident to the IPCC on 11 May and a decision was made to independently investigate the officer’s use of force.

IPCC Operations Manager Adam Stacey said:

“Following our investigation a file of evidence was sent to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in September and in October it authorised a charge of common assault.”

The investigation also found that PC Mahmood had a case to answer for gross misconduct for his use of force and a case to answer for misconduct for failing to obtain medical care for the member of the public concerned. Any potential disciplinary proceedings would follow the outcome of the criminal proceedings.