Officer to appear in court accused of assault
A Devon & Cornwall Police officer is due to appear in court accused of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Police Constable Samuel Hepburn, aged 34, has been summonsed to appear before North Somerset Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 23 September.
The charge relates an alleged incident in North Devon in January 2021, while the officer was off-duty, which was reported to police in March 2025.
PC Hepburn, who is based in North Devon, currently remains on restricted duties.