Two men arrested following serious assault on an off-duty RGP officer
Date: 6th October 2025
No: 128/2025
Two local men aged 20 and 22, have been arrested on suspicion of causing Grievous Bodily Harm.
The arrests follow an incident that took place in the early hours of Saturday 4th October, in the area of Ocean Village, when an off-duty RGP officer intervened in an altercation between two groups of people.
Moments later, as the off-duty officer was walking away from the area, he was punched to the back of his head by one of the males, causing the officer to fall to the ground.
Both men then began to individually kick and stamp on the officer’s head multiple times as he lay on the ground.
The off-duty officer was conveyed to St Bernard’s Hospital, suffering from bruising and lacerations. Following treatment and a CT scan, he was discharged from hospital and is currently convalescing at home.
Response Team officers who deployed to the area arrested both men on suspicion of Causing Grievous Bodily Harm, following which the investigation was taken over by detectives from the RGP’s Crime and Protective Services Division.
Commissioner of Police Owain Richards said: "This incident demonstrates the courage and commitment our officers show every day – even when off duty. This attack is completely unacceptable and shows the risk and danger that officers can face in their service to the community, and I wish the officer a speedy recovery. I appeal for anyone who saw the incident to contact the Royal Gibraltar Police on 200 72500 or online.”
Chairman of the Gibraltar Police Federation, Calum Bruce said: “For police officers there is no such thing as off duty, even in their down time. All decent law-abiding members of our community should be appalled at the vicious nature of this attack on our officer, and those who perpetrate such acts have no place amongst us. We will continue to support both our brave injured colleague and all officers and hope the public can begin to appreciate the risks officers face every day”