A New South Wales police officer has been charged with assaulting Hannah Thomas, who sustained a serious eye injury after she was arrested at a protest in June.

Thomas was arrested and charged alongside four others at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney on 27 June that was attended by about 60 people at SEC Plating.

The 35-year-old was taken to hospital and underwent two rounds of surgery to her right eye and will soon undergo a third.

Earlier this month, the office of the director of public prosecutions (DPP) dropped all three charges against Thomas.

NSW police said in a statement on Tuesday that a 33-year-old senior constable, attached to a specialist command in the south west metropolitan region, had been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

He was due to appear bef

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