The Offence Of Recklessly Causing Grievous Bodily Harm In NSW

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The senior New South Wales police officer who punched legal observer Hannah Thomas in the right eye, during a 27 June 2025 antigenocide protest on Bidjigal land outside the SEC Plating premises in the Sydney suburb of Belmore, has been charged for the second time with the more serious offence of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm.

Those following the case have welcomed the significantly more serious charge, which accompanies an initial count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm that was laid against the officer in September 2025. The new charge has been laid in recognition of the "severity of the injury" that almost blinded Thomas in one eye.