Court ends case against police charged over tasering and pepper spraying ‘vulnerable’ First Nations man

According to The Guardian (World), a Queensland court has permanently stayed the criminal case against two senior constables accused of using Tasers, capsicum spray and restraints on a cognitively and emotionally vulnerable First Nations man at the Mareeba watch house in January twenty twenty four. The officers, Andrew David Couchman, fifty four, and Ulrich Weiss, forty five, faced charges that were halted after the judge identified defects in the subsequent investigation. The stay means the case will not proceed further, pending any further action.

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