UK police officer acquitted over taser-underpants incident

A police officer has been acquitted of assault and misconduct after tasering a naked man who threw a pair of underpants at him during a strip search.

UK police officer acquitted over taser-underpants incident

A police officer has been acquitted of assault and misconduct after tasering a naked man who threw a pair of underpants at him during a strip search.

Pc Lee Birch, 30, discharged his weapon into the bare chest of Daniel Dove in a cell at Melksham police station in Wiltshire in the early hours of December 23 2012.

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