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Sacked Police Officer Says He Is Seen as ‘Abuser’ After ‘Aggressive’ Arrest
- Ex-police constable Lorne Castle was dismissed in June 2025 for gross misconduct after aggressively arresting a 15-year-old boy in Bournemouth in January 2024.
- Castle's dismissal followed findings that he swore at, threatened, and pinned the youth suspected of assaulting two people, using unreasonable force and language.
- Dorset Police released bodycam footage showing Castle tackling and swearing at the boy, prompting backlash and calls for his reinstatement from former officers and hundreds of residents.
- Retired officer Norman Brennan commended Castle’s decade of service, noting that errors are part of policing and that Castle would grow from the experience, while critics accused Dorset Police of adopting an overly progressive and lenient stance.
- The case sparked debate on police conduct, with ongoing appeals and calls for Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to review Dorset Police's handling of Castle's dismissal.
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Bournemouth Echo
Sacked police officer says he is seen as ‘abuser’ after ‘aggressive’ arrest
A FORMER police officer who was sacked because of his “aggressive” detention of a 15-year-old boy has said he is being treated like an…
Police officer pins boy to floor and screams in his face in shocking footage
This is the moment a police officer pins a 15-year-old boy to the floor and tells him to “stop screaming like a little b****” in shocking body warn camera footage. In footage released on Tuesday (3 June) by Dorset Police, PC Lorne Castle can be seen tackling the teenager to the ground before grabbing his face and throat whilst swearing at him. The boy, who was being arrested on suspicion of assault on Thursday (29 May), can be heard crying “What…
Shocking footage shows award-winning officer sacked for ‘lack of respect’ after slamming knife-carrying teen to ground
Shocking footage shows the moment an award-winning police officer was sacked for a "lack of respect" after he slammed a knife-carrying teenager to the ground while arresting him.
Fury as award-winning police officer is sacked after showing knife-carrying teen who 'assaulted elderly man' ...
An award-winning police officer has been fired after he was accused of showing a lack of courtesy and respect to a knife-carrying teenager he arrested for assault. The decision to dismiss PC Lorne Castle has prompted fury after he was found to have committed gross misconduct - with critics calling it 'bloody madness' and 'perverse'. The officer swore at and threatened the 15-year-old suspect as he arrested him for allegedly assaulting two people…
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