PSNI officer disciplined over schoolboy assault probe
A police officer has been disciplined after a complaints watchdog found he did 'virtually nothing' for almost a year to investigate a serious assault on a schoolboy.
The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland recommended the disciplinary action after investigating a complaint made by the boy’s mother.
Ombudsman investigators found the officer made some initial inquiries but then “failed to progress the case in any significant way for 10 months”.
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Hide AdThe watchdog said the officer could provide “no valid reason” for his inaction.
In the wake of the 2014 assault, which left the Co Down schoolboy with a broken front tooth, a suspected broken wrist, a black eye and bruising, his mother made repeated attempts to contact the investigating officer, with no success.
The Police Ombudsman’s office said the PSNI had implemented a recommendation to discipline the officer.