Former police race relations adviser charged with racially aggravated offence

Judah Adunbi previously made headlines when a video emerged of him allegedly being tasered by police in Bristol

Judah Adunbi, former race relations adviser who was allegedly tasered by police in Bristol (Sky News)

A former police race relations adviser – who made headlines when he was allegedly tasered by officers from the force he worked with – has been charged with a racially aggravated offence.

Judah Adunbi, 64, was arrested at his home in Easton, Bristol, on 18 April and later charged with a racially aggravated public order offence.

It comes after an incident at a betting shop in Stapleton Road on 29 March, the BBC reports.

He has been released on conditional bail and is expected to appear at Bristol Magistrates' Court on 22 May.

The gated entrance and garages on King Street, Easton, Bristol, where Judah Adunbi was allegedly hit with a stun gun by police (PA) (PA wire)

Mr Adunbi was a founding member of an Avon and Somerset Police independent advisory group set up to strengthen relations between police and the African Caribbean community.

An investigation was launched by the then Independent Police Complaints Commission after a video was circulated of Mr Adunbi allegedly being hit in the face with a taser after officers mistook him for a wanted man in Bristol on 14 January.

PC Claire Boddie, of Avon and Somerset Police, is due in court on Monday for a pretrial hearing in relation to the incident. She denies a charge of common assault.