Ontario’s police watchdog has charged a provincial police officer with assault causing bodily harm following an interaction that left a 40-year-old man with serious injuries last year.
The Special Investigations Unit says the interaction took place after an Ontario Provincial Police officer found the man urinating outside a bank in Trenton, Ont., and handcuffed him last November.
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The SIU says the man was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
It says the officer is facing one count of assault causing bodily harm.
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The officer is set to appear in court on July 25.
The SIU says it will not provide further comment as the case is now before the courts.
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