NT police officer Benjamin Skene, who capsicum sprayed handcuffed prisoner, guilty of aggravated assault

A Northern Territory police officer has been found guilty of aggravated assault, after the 41-year-old used capsicum spray on a handcuffed man in 2018.

In the Alice Springs magistrates court, Judge Sarah McNamara found that Benjamin Skene acted out of “malice” and “outside of his duties as a police officer” when he used the spray on a “challenging” prisoner.

“It does not fall within the duty of a police officer to mete…