A Merseyside police officer "violently and excessively" bent an innocent man's arm up his back until it snapped with a "loud pop".
Officers had been called to the Walton home of John Kennedy for a welfare check due to fears over his mental health, but he was left in excruciating pain as his interaction with the police went disastrously wrong.
After the officer broke his arm, Merseyside Police then prosecuted Mr Kennedy for assaulting the police officer's colleague by "shoulder barging" him - a charge he was found not guilty of after a trial at Sefton Magistrates' Court. At the end of that trial, a district judge noted that neither officer had activated their body worn cameras and that their explanation for not doing so was "not credible".
