Met police officer is charged with GBH after Tasering man, 25, and leaving him paralysed as he claims he was targeted for being black
- Jordan Walker-Brown was paralysed when he fell from a wall after being Tasered
- The unnamed Met Police officer who shot the Taser will appear in court in April
- The 25-year-old has been left in a wheelchair since the incident in May 2020
A police officer has been charged with GBH after a man was left paralysed from the chest down after being shot with a Taser.
The Metropolitan Police officer, who has not been named, is expected to appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on April 19.
Jordan Walker-Brown, 25, is now a paraplegic after he fell from a wall in Haringey, north London, while being chased by police in May 2020.
Mr Walker-Brown initially said he believed he was targeted because he is a black man.
Jordan Walker-Brown (pictured), 25, is paralysed from the waist down after being struck with a Taser in 2020, the police officer who fired the weapon has been charged with GBH
Mr Walker-Brown believes he was targeted by the police officers because he is black
He said previously that he ran from the police because he was carrying a small amount of cannabis.
Only the previous day he had been arrested and charged for possession of a similar amount of cannabis by Territorial Support Group officers.
Two TSG officers saw him and got out of their van, he then started to run away.
He was jumping over a wall, which was approximately 1.2 metres (4ft) high on one side but had a 1.8-metre (6ft) drop on the other, when he was struck by the Taser.
Mr Walker-Brown welcomed the news that the police officer who fired the taser at him will appear in court on a charge of GBH
In a statement on Thursday, Mr Walker-Brown said: ‘This decision is a welcome first step towards justice for what was done to me by that police officer.
‘I look now to the CPS to ensure that this matter is prosecuted to a just outcome.’
His solicitors, Raju Bhatt and Michael Oswald, said: ‘This decision is welcome and our client looks forward to the matter being brought before the criminal court without delay and prosecuted with all due rigour.’
An investigation was carried out by the Independent Office for Police Conduct following the incident.
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