Taser cop denies GBH charge

A Met Police officer who left a man paralysed from the chest down after shooting him with a Taser has denied inflicting grievous bodily harm.

Jordan Walker-Brown suffered ‘life changing injuries’ after he fell from a wall in Finsbury Park, north London, on 4 May 2020.

PC Imran Mahmood, 35, had sought anonymity due to the now-wheelchair-bound victim’s alleged links to criminal gangs.

But the officer was named last month after submissions were made by a number of media organisations.

Wearing a black suit with a light grey tie PC Mahmood denied inflicting grievous bodily harm.
when he appeared at Southwark Crown Court.

Mr Walker Brown, 25, who also attended the hearing, was left paralysed from the chest down and has been told by doctors he will never walk again.

He watched proceedings from the back of court with his arms crossed over his chest.

PC Mahmood’s five-day trial was provisionally fixed for 20 February next year.

Earlier, describing the alleged assault with the Taser, Mr Fitzgerald said: ‘It struck the complainant with the result that he fell from some height and suffered life changing injuries, paralysis to the lower part of his back which are permanent.’

The officer, attached to the Territorial Support Group, was previously known only as IM or BX140 but a judge refused to grant him anonymity at Westminster Magistrates’ Court last month.

The decision to charge PC Mahmood followed an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

‘The charge relates to an incident on 4 May 2020 in Burgoyne Road, N4, during which a man in his 20s fell over a wall after being Tasered,’ the Met had said in a statement.

‘The man suffered life changing injuries,’ it added.

Judge Phillip Bartle, QC, granted the officer unconditional bail ahead of his trial next year.

PC Mahmood, of Newham, east London, denies inflicting grievous bodily harm.