A man whose beating was caught on jail surveillance cameras says he did nothing to provoke the beating he took at the hands of an RCMP officer.
Andrew Clyburn spoke with CTV news on Saturday; also watching for the first time video of him being attacked.
That incident took place on Sept. 13 of last year at the Lac La Biche RCMP Detachment. Clyburn admits he was drunk and had been involved in a bar fight that night, landing him in police custody.
In the video, you can see Clyburn being escorted down the hallway of the detachment. It then showed Cst. Desmond Sandboe lunge at him. He falls to the ground defenceless and Sandboe is shown repeatedly striking blow after blow.
"He got my last name wrong," says Clyburn. "I corrected it and he just lost it."
Clyburn claims he suffered a broken nose, that the back of his head was cut open and is now a visible scar. But he says what happened after the attack was downright cruel.
"I had to mop up all of my blood before they would let me leave," said Clyburn.
As for Sandboe, he pleaded guilty to common assault in an Edmonton court room on Friday. The nine year veteran didn't want to speak to CTV cameras. He'll be sentenced in January.
The RCMP isn't saying if Sandboe will lose his job or not. But Alberta's Acting Commander acknowledges the damage the video does to the force.
"We rely on the public's trust to do our jobs," said Supt. Joe Loran. "Obviously in this case, this member has violated the public's trust."
Clyburn says he's also considering civil action, claiming Sandboe and the RCMP should pay for the physical damage he suffered while in their custody. CTV tried speaking with Sandboe's lawyer, Rod Gregory, but he reserved comment. When asked if his client was provoked by the victim in any way before the attack, Gregory said that it will all eventually come out in court.
Clyburn believes someone who would do something like this doesn't deserve a badge and gun.
"He'll get what he deserves in the end."
With files from CTV's Sean Amato…
