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| Taser PC Claire Boddie cleared of misconduct | Taser PC Claire Boddie cleared of misconduct |
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| A police officer who Tasered a race relations adviser has been cleared of misconduct. | A police officer who Tasered a race relations adviser has been cleared of misconduct. |
| Acting Sgt Claire Boddie had been accused of using "unreasonable" force when she fired a Taser at Judah Adunbi, in January 2017. | Acting Sgt Claire Boddie had been accused of using "unreasonable" force when she fired a Taser at Judah Adunbi, in January 2017. |
| The officer told an Avon and Somerset Police misconduct hearing the force she used against Mr Adunbi was lawful, claiming that he posed a threat. | The officer told an Avon and Somerset Police misconduct hearing the force she used against Mr Adunbi was lawful, claiming that he posed a threat. |
| PC Boddie was cleared of all misconduct charges brought by the force. | PC Boddie was cleared of all misconduct charges brought by the force. |
| In May, PC Boddie was found not guilty of assault by beating following a trial in Salisbury. | In May, PC Boddie was found not guilty of assault by beating following a trial in Salisbury. |
| 'Entirely negative' comments | |
| Mr Adunbi's lawyer, Tony Murphy, said his client had been "allowed limited involvement" in the proceedings, and he would "play a full and active part" in civil proceedings, which he will now pursue against the force. | |
| He added that video footage of his client being "Tasered in the face without warning whilst walking his dog" had "shocked the world". | |
| Avon and Somerset Police Federation spokesman, Allan Bell, said comments in the press about PC Boddie had been "entirely negative". | |
| He said she had also "been subject to a campaign where posters have been up through Bristol examining her actions". | |
| "Hopefully everyone will just let her get on and do her job now," he added. |