MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – A Peel Region police officer is charged with assault after a man suffered a serious face injury while in custody.
Ontario’s police watchdog says there are reasonable grounds to believe the officer committed a criminal offence in the April 14 incident.
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The Special Investigations Unit says 39-year-old Jamie Payne was hurt during what it calls an “interaction” with the officer en route to the police station.
The SIU says Payne was placed in a cell but was later taken to hospital after he repeatedly complained about the injury.
Const. Matt Lee is charged with assault causing bodily harm.
He is due to appear in a Brampton court on June 18.
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