Dorset Police officer charged with assault
A Dorset Police officer is due in court accused of assaulting a man, following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).
PC Scott Thorne, aged 40, is set to face a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, on 12 March 2026, at Southampton Magistrates’ Court.
The charge relates to an incident officers responded to at a hostel in Bournemouth on 30 July 2024 and the force used during the arrest of a man at the hostel.
The IOPC’s investigation began after a mandatory conduct referral was submitted by Dorset Police. Once our investigation was completed in August 2025, we sent a file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
The CPS authorised the charge against the officer in October 2025.
The force advise us that PC Thorne is on restricted duties.
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