Overview

• A 33-year-old senior constable has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm in relation to Thomas’s June arrest and is due at Bankstown Local Court on 18 November.
• NSW Police say the officer is being managed in the workplace and his employment status is under review.
• Thomas sustained a severe right-eye injury during the operation and has undergone multiple surgeries.
• The DPP dropped all charges against Thomas and other protesters earlier this month, and a magistrate later ordered costs in the defendants’ favor.
• A critical-incident investigation by professional standards is ongoing under the independent police watchdog, and Thomas’s lawyers have signalled civil proceedings against the state.