The Labasa High Court

Four police officers convicted of assault causing actual bodily harm have been handed a suspended sentence.

The Labasa High Court found Ameniasi Lutua, Meli Matarugu, Opeti Tuiwainunu and Dharmend Chand guilty of assaulting a Niraj Pal in 2017.

Resident Magistrate Bimsara Jagodage handed the officers a six-month imprisonment suspended for two years.

This basically means if the four policemen commit any other offences within two years, they would have to serve a six-month sentence.