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A police officer has been acquitted of common assault following an investigation into the use of a Taser on Judah Adunbi in Bristol in January 2017.

PC Claire Boddie, of Avon and Somerset Constabulary, was found not guilty at a trial at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court recently (18 May 2018).

Catrin Evans, the IOPC Director with responsibility for Avon and Somerset, said: “The IOPC carried out a thorough investigation into the use of Taser which led to the Crown Prosecution Service decision to prosecute PC Boddie.

“We have found that PC Boddie also has a case to answer for gross misconduct. Disciplinary proceedings are currently under consideration between the force and the IOPC.”

Our investigation, which concluded in June 2017, considered the actions of two officers, including the circumstances leading up to Mr Adunbi’s arrest and the use of Taser.

Both PC Boddie and a second officer involved had no case to answer for misconduct in respect of allegations that they discriminated against Mr Adunbi on the basis of his race.