An officer who pleaded guilty to assaulting someone at London police headquarters has been given a conditional discharge and two years’ probation.

Sgt. Peter Paquette was charged in June with assault for an incident at the Dundas Street police building on Sept. 6, 2016.

Paquette was given a conditional discharge and sentenced to two years’ probation Wednesday, police said Thursday.

Assigned to administrative duties after he was charged, Paquette will remain off active duty until police wrap up an internal probe, a standard investigation whenever an officer is criminally charged, police said.

The veteran officer has been involved in many high-profile investigations, including the takedown of Western University peeping-tom Bradley Priestap on Sept. 28, 2012. Paquette, who testified at the 2013 trial, was part of a police surveillance team that tracked Priestap’s movements, and was the one who arrested him near campus.

Eight London police officers have been charged with a combined 21 criminal offences since April. Charges against three of them were withdrawn later.

Earlier this week, the Crown withdrew a charge of assault causing bodily harm against Const. Omar Hassan.

Ontario’s police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit, had charged Hassan in August for the May 12 custody injury of a 60-year-old man.

With one officer facing charges from last year, the remaining tally of officers with charges before the courts stands at five.

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