Overview

• NSW Police confirmed a 33-year-old senior constable has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm over Thomas’s June arrest.
• The officer is due to appear at Bankstown Local Court on 18 November and his employment status is under review.
• A critical incident investigation into the arrest remains active under Law Enforcement Conduct Commission oversight.
• Prosecutors have withdrawn charges against Thomas and other protesters, with a magistrate awarding about $39,000 in costs after finding a flaw in the prosecution case.
• Thomas sustained a serious eye injury requiring multiple surgeries and is pursuing civil action alleging misconduct and malicious prosecution.