Police officer pleads not guilty to assault after incident in Wolverhampton

Brandon Harrison, aged 28 appeared at Worcester Crown Court on charges of assaulting a person occasioning them actual bodily harm and causing or administering poison or a noxious substance with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy.

The charges relate to an incident when a man was arrested at a flat in Wolverhampton on August 16 last year.

In an independent office for Police Conduct investigation, PC Harrison, of Tipton, was accused of punching a man who was wanted for failing to attend court and spraying a substance into the man’s face at close range whilst he was being restrained.

PC Harrison denies the two charges.

A trial date has been fixed for March 13, 2028 at a court to be arranged.