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Police tape (CC licensed by freefotouk on Flickr)Suffolk policeman to appear in court on charge of assaulting cyclist
A police officer in Suffolk is to appear in court to be charged with dangerous driving and assaulting a cyclist in connection with an incident that took place in Ipswich in February.
The charges follow an investigation by Suffolk Constabulary after a complaint was received from the 25-year-old male cyclist relating to an incident on the afternoon of Friday 14 February on Norwich Road, reports the Ipswich Star.
The bike rider who said that he had been knocked from his bike by a motorist, followed by a physical altercation, according to the newspaper.
It adds that no date or location for the magistrates’ court appearance of the police constable, who works at the force’s headquarters in Martlesham, has been set yet.
Police say that the 53-year-old officer, whose name has not been disclosed, was off-duty at the time of the incident and has not been suspended from his duties.
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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