A police officer charged with causing grievous bodily harm after tasering a man in Finsbury Park has been named for the first time.

Appearing via video link, Imran Mahmood, aged 35 from Plaistow, pleaded not guilty to the charge during a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on April 28.

Jordan Walker-Brown, 25, was left paralysed from the chest down after being tasered while climbing over a wall in Burgoyne Road, Finsbury Park, on May 4 2020.

Mr Walker-Brown had been stopped by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s territorial support group. He initially said he believed he was targeted because he is a black man.

He ran from officers and was struck by a taser as he climbed over the wall.

The court heard that he “fell to the ground from some height and suffered life-changing injuries”.

The Crown Prosecution Service brought charges after the Independent Office for Police Conduct, the police complaints watchdog, carried out an investigation following a mandatory referral from the Met Police.

Mahmood, 35, denies one count of grievous bodily harm and has been granted unconditional bail ahead of a hearing at Southwark Crown Court on May 26.