Cop on assault charge says baton strikes were 'necessary'
Premium Content Subscriber only Update: 2pm A Northern Rivers police officer charged with assaulting a teen in a Byron Bay laneway has told a court he deemed repeated baton strikes necessary to gain control of a "difficult" situation. Michial Luke Greenhalgh has pleaded not guilty to common assault over the January 11, 2018 detention of a teen boy in Lateen Lane. Sen-Constable Greenhalgh has told his hearing before Lismore Local Court of the situation police faced that night. "We had a job ...
Byron Bay New South Wales Sergeant William Watt Matthew Roach Michial Luke Greenhalgh Brent Haverfield
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