Metropolitan Police Service – PC Gareth Head

16 Nov 2022 01:27 PM

Following an IOPC investigation, PC Gareth Head – who was then a serving Metropolitan Police Service officer - was found guilty by a jury at Basildon Crown Court on 1 March of causing actual bodily harm. 

He was sentenced to a 12-month community order and ordered to pay the victim surcharge of £85 and £1750 towards prosecution costs. 

His conviction was subsequently quashed by the Court of Appeal on 10 August.