Police officer charged with GBH after using taser is named

Imran Mahmood stands accused of causing grievous bodily harm after tasering man who has since been left paralysed from chest down
By Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter

Jordan Walker-Brown (credit Sky News)

A police officer charged with causing grievous bodily harm after tasering a man in Finsbury Park has been named for the first time.

Appearing via video link, Imran Mahmood, aged 35 from Plaistow, pleaded not guilty to the charge during a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Jordan Walker-Brown, 25, was left paralysed from the chest down after being tasered while climbing over a wall in Burgoyne Road, Finsbury Park, on 4th May 2020.

Jordan had been stopped by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s territorial support group. He ran from officers and was struck by a taser as he climbed over the wall. The court heard that he “fell to the ground from some height and suffered life-changing injuries”.

The Crown Prosecution Service brought charges after the Independent Office for Police Conduct, the police complaints watchdog, carried out an investigation following a mandatory referral from the Met Police.

Mahmood, 35, of Plaistow, denies one count of grievous bodily harm and has been granted unconditional bail ahead of a hearing at Southwark Crown Court on 26th May.

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