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21/04/2016
Officer Disciplined For Failing To Properly Investigate Assault On Boy
A police officer has been disciplined after failing to properly investigate an allegation that a man annoyed by children playing football near his car, attacked a 12-year-old boy by kicking him on the hand.
A Police Ombudsman investigation found that the investigating police officer did not obtain statements from the boy's friends about what had happened.
The Public Prosecution Service later directed that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute over the incident, which happened in west Belfast in March last year.
The boy's mother alleged that the man came out of his house with his arms and legs flailing, after the boys' ball went close to his car.
She told a Police Ombudsman investigator that she felt her son had been let down by the police as the alleged perpetrator had suffered "no consequences for his actions".
The investigating police officer was interviewed and stated that she had asked for the details of the other witnesses, but could provide no record of evidence.
The Police Ombudsman investigator concluded that the officer had failed to conduct all reasonable enquiries before submitting a file to the Public Prosecution Service and recommended that she should be disciplined.
A Police Ombudsman investigation found that the investigating police officer did not obtain statements from the boy's friends about what had happened.
The Public Prosecution Service later directed that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute over the incident, which happened in west Belfast in March last year.
The boy's mother alleged that the man came out of his house with his arms and legs flailing, after the boys' ball went close to his car.
She told a Police Ombudsman investigator that she felt her son had been let down by the police as the alleged perpetrator had suffered "no consequences for his actions".
The investigating police officer was interviewed and stated that she had asked for the details of the other witnesses, but could provide no record of evidence.
The Police Ombudsman investigator concluded that the officer had failed to conduct all reasonable enquiries before submitting a file to the Public Prosecution Service and recommended that she should be disciplined.
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