A Gwent Police officer named PC Gediminas Palubinskas is set to appear before the Swansea Magistrates’ Court on May 31 for a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

This follows an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) regarding the force used during the arrest of a man in Newport on July 9, 2021.

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