A Police officer accused of an unprovoked attack on a young father which allegedly included a kick to the head will not be charged with a criminal offence.

Troy Smith, 28, was treated in hospital for a broken nose, two broken cheekbones, a broken bone above one of his eyelids and a sprained jaw after an incident in the early hours of July 4 outside his family home in Spanish Point.

His lawyer filed an official complaint with the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), claiming that he was subdued with a Taser device and that a Policeman used “tremendous force” to kick him in the head several times.

But Deputy Police Commissioner Mike Jackman said today that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions had decided not to prosecute the officer after viewing Taser DVD footage, photographs and statements from Mr. Smith and the attending officers.

“Following the findings of the DPP, the criminal investigation is now closed,” he said.

Smith has been charged in relation to the incident with possessing a weapon in a public place; assaulting an officer and causing him bodily harm; violently resisting arrest and using offensive words.

He denies the charge and will stand trial in Magistrates’ Court in November.

The PCA inquiry is ongoing.

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