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This is Bournemouth, but my cousins brother in law by marriage. This is why the Country is in a state, he got dismissed for getting hold of a youngster with a knife. You can google Lorne Castle, Bournemouth. Also his wife was a kick boxing champion.

Barbara Stevens ● 60d14 Comments

Meant to be on this Morning program tomorrow morning.

Barbara Stevens ● 53d

Well the other day he had over 11000 votes to bring him back and a fund raised of £68000.

Barbara Stevens ● 54d

Apologies for the late delay but I was away when this was posted and wanted to look into the matter before replying.I did read the Dorset Police Statement link below and the police confederation statement link below.As mentioned in posts above he did admit misconduct but not gross misconduct.Also as mentioned no charges were brought against the the youth but what was also mentioned is that no charges were brought against the PC and there wasn't a suggestion that this was part of a pattern of behaviour.We are therefore left with what seems to be an incident that the PC admitted to losing control.Now let's put aside your what appears to be fairly common, a PC that could probably not even catch me even with my lung capacity of a goldfish and dodgy knee.Do we need Police officers that operate in an physical environment where there is a need to restrain people? (I'm not suggestion that his actions were appropriate just to be clear)If the answer is yes then there are going to be mistakes and errors by those involved.Obviously if there is a pattern of inappropriate behaviour then quite rightly it may not be an appropriate job for that person.But if there is a single event, loss of control, can that person not be retrained to regain that control back?It's a genuine serious question for those that operate in a physical environment not your keyboard desk jockeys!I do not know, but the Police service decision thinks not.The question then becomes should this officer have undergone retraining than dismissal?I like to see some stats on this but if you dismiss anyone makes mistakes there will be none.https://news.dorset.police.uk/news-article/560c929e-ce3c-f011-9d7b-6045bdd24049https://www.polfed.org/dorset/news/2025/pc-lorne-castle-dorset-police-federation-statement/

Ed Robinson ● 54d

Michael, his name is Lorne Castle, its taken nearly a whole page up in the Daily Mail today as well. There has also been a petition to reinstate him. He has 3 daughters they also teach kick boxing to girls in Bournemouth. Look his wife up also she has medals for kick boxing abroad and a picture with Lu Farino, her name is Denise Castle.

Barbara Stevens ● 57d

Is this the incident?https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/dorset-police-officer-assault-body-worn-camera-video-b2763299.html#Echobox=1749027390

Michael Ixer ● 57d

This was on GB News and an interview with Nigel Farage.

Barbara Stevens ● 57d

My son just contacted me and said this was on the radio live now. They were talking about the case.

Barbara Stevens ● 59d

And neither do the parents!  Bad parenting is the root of these feral kids' bad behaviour in my opinion.

Sue Hammond ● 60d

That's why the country is in the state it is, the youngsters have no respect.

Barbara Stevens ● 60d

Of course it's not ok for the kid to have a knife. But no charges were bought against the kid.It's also not ok for a police officer to exceed his authority or the use of unnecessary force like choking. Hence his admittance of misconduct.

Andy Pike ● 60d

If you look up Denise Castle Boxing, that's his wife they also teach kick boxing in Bournemouth and Denise has fought in other country's. They teach children.

Barbara Stevens ● 60d

Trust you Andy. so it's OK for a kid to have a knife fall out of his pocket. Yes he probably was being aggressive to the kid, but he might have got stabbed himself. He has 2 daughters so how would you feel if a relation was stabbed, would you blame then the officer for being too rough on the kid that stabbed them. There are 2 ways to look at everything, the reason he was dismissed could also be the Police Force are covering themselves.

Barbara Stevens ● 60d

The lad also had a knife and was reported as assault on a pensioner.

Barbara Stevens ● 60d

But he admitted the misconduct, according to the report you signposted.

Andy Pike ● 60d