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Ex-Dorset Officer Charged With Grievous Bodily Harm Over Bournemouth Shoplifting Stop

The CPS decision moves the case into court with a first hearing set for May 27.

Overview

  • The Crown Prosecution Service has charged Lorne Castle, 47, under section 20 for inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent, alleging injury to Daniel Meyrick.
  • The allegation stems from a June 2025 altercation outside Castlepoint shopping centre in Bournemouth, weeks after he left Dorset Police.
  • Photographs showed him pinning a suspected shoplifter outside the Nike store in what reports called a citizen's arrest.
  • Thames Valley Police handled the investigation on behalf of Dorset Police.
  • Castle is due at Reading Magistrates’ Court on May 27 for an initial hearing that could send the case to Crown Court.