Tasered man accused of assaulting police

The Perth man who was repeatedly tasered by two policemen will face court charged with assaulting police, as well as other serious allegations.

Magistrate Richard Bromfield this week found Kevin John Spratt had been unlawfully assaulted by then-senior constables Aaron Grant Strahan and Troy Gregory Tomlin in the East Perth watch house on August 31, 2008 after he refused a strip search.

The officers were on Wednesday fined and handed suspended jail terms for the offence.

On Thursday night, Spratt was arrested in Brookdale on suspicion of having committed several assaults, along with an aggravated assault in Cloverdale.

He was being medically assessed on Friday morning at Royal Perth Hospital and is set to face a Perth court in the afternoon.

Spratt, 44, will face four charges of assaulting a public officer, two charges of obstructing police, one count of assault occasioning bodily harm, two charges of stealing, and one count of aggravated burglary.

Spratt was reportedly released from hospital on Thursday, before the series of incidents that led to his arrest.

He is also reported to have stripped as he was being arrested overnight.

Strahan, 45, and Tomlin, 34, were on Wednesday given suspended jail terms and fined after being convicted in Perth Magistrates Court of unlawfully assaulting Spratt in 2008.

CCTV footage showed Mr Spratt crying out as the constables tasered him nine times in just over a minute after he refused to be strip-searched in the East Perth watch house.

While defence lawyer Karen Vernon had asked the magistrate to impose a good behaviour bond or a fine, the magistrate said imprisonment was the only appropriate sentence.

Tomlin and Strahan were given eight-month prison sentences, suspended for six months.

Tomlin also received a $3800 fine, while Strahan must pay a fine of $3250.

A spokeswoman for WA Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan said one or both of the officers were considering appealing their convictions, while the police union criticised the verdict, saying they had been "wrongly convicted".

"Officers should not be backed into a corner like this. They should be able to use all reasonable force options required in the circumstances and should not be scared to use their taser when needed," union president George Tilbury said.

Spratt said this week he was seeking compensation for the incident.