Overview
- Gloucestershire Police published the officer’s bodyworn footage on March 19 showing him yelling in pain as Luke Goodhall bit his leg.
- The force’s Professional Standards Department reviewed the arrest and ruled the officer’s strikes were necessary, proportionate and legitimate.
- Goodhall, 39, pleaded guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on February 19 and was sentenced to nine months for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, with six months concurrent for assaulting an emergency worker.
- Because he offended while on licence, he will serve the remainder of his previous sentence before the new nine-month term, police said.
- Police leaders criticized trial by social media and highlighted high levels of assaults on officers, and a separate assault-by-beating charge for Goodhall is listed for a March 25 hearing.