The officers have been suspended from duty and are expected to appear in Mareeba Magistrates Court on October 2.
Two police officers have been charged after being accused of assaulting a prisoner in far north Queensland months ago. The alleged incident involved a 23-year-old man at the Mareeba watch house, near Cairns, in January. Police said the man was being held for property and assault offences at the time of the alleged incident. A 51-year-old male senior constable was charged with deprivation of liberty and assault occasioning bodily harm.
"This does not mean that the allegations against the member have been substantiated." It comes after footage was released in July of an Indigenous teen allegedly being forcefully detained by police in a Brisbane watch house. The video published by ABC alleged the 17-year-old boy was struck with a baton and restrained by three officers after spending days at a watch house in 2023.
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