

Chris Kitching, cp24.com





An investigation by Ontario’s police watchdog has resulted in criminal charges against three Toronto police officers accused of assaulting a man during an arrest last June.

A 26-year-old man was taken to hospital and diagnosed with three fractured ribs after he was arrested by police near Kipling Avenue and Finch Avenue West and lodged in a cell June 4, the Special Investigations Unit said in a news release.

There was an interaction between the man, identified as Stalin Kiprotich, and police during the arrest, the SIU said in a news release.

The SIU did not describe the nature of the alleged assault.

Kiprotich was taken to hospital after he complained of a sore chest while in custody, the agency said.

After the investigation, SIU director Ian Scott determined there are reasonable grounds to believe the officers committed a criminal offence, according to the news release.

Detective constables Jason Davis and Keith Osborne, and Det. Brian Kay are each charged with a single count of assault causing bodily harm.

All three are scheduled to appear in court Oct. 9.

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