Fenland-based police officer Dean Thompson appears in court charged with assault by beating following incident in park in Wisbech

A Fenland-based police officer has appeared in court today charged with assault by beating.

PC Dean Thompson, 53, did not enter a plea when he appeared at St Albans Magistrates’ Court - after being charged on February 6.

It comes after an incident in a Wisbech park in August last year.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary has confirmed that he is currently suspended from duty.

The matter has been adjourned to Stevenage Magistrates’ Court on March 20.