Assault case against Warwickshire police officer dropped

PC Corey Smith was a member of the response team at Rugby Police Station at the time of the incident

A charge against a police officer accused of assaulting a man after an arrest has been dropped.

PC Corey Smith of Warwickshire Police was charged after an alleged incident in Bourton-on-Dunsmore in May 2021.

But his defence team successfully applied to Warwick Crown Court to get the charge dismissed.

The force said internal misconduct proceedings are still ongoing and a decision about whether to return him to frontline duties had not been made.

The CPS said it believed it had enough evidence to prosecute.