A police officer accused of kneeing a teenager in the groin, causing him to lose half a testicle, has been found not guilty of grievous bodily harm.
Harley Murphy was 17 when he was arrested for being drunk and disorderly outside Cube night club in Bangor, Gwynedd, in the early hours of 29 January 2023.
PC Ellis Thomas, 24, from Anglesey, told Mold Crown Court that he took Mr Murphy to the floor by sweeping his legs from underneath him during his arrest, but did not knee him in the groin.
Mr Murphy suffered a ruptured testicle, 50% of which had to be removed during surgery.
Mold Crown Court heard on Tuesday that the jury in the trial had come to a unanimous decision after about three hours of deliberation.
During the trial, Mr Murphy approached him and insulted him and it "was clear" he was "committing a criminal offence of being drunk and disorderly," PC Thomas said.
He said he advised Mr Murphy of this and told him to go home, but said he swore at him and said he had not done anything wrong.
