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Loading Apprehended and on the ground, Mr Goutzoulas was hit in the legs with a baton, punched in the stomach and pepper-sprayed, with an officer telling him: “Did you like that? Smells good doesn’t it?” Though he was subdued and handcuffed, Mr Goutzoulas was sprayed in the face with a high-pressure water hose. After the footage was published, IBAC charged Constable Edney and senior constables Brad McLeod and Florian Hilgart with assault. A court, while not recording a conviction, found them guilty. Mr McLeod and Mr Hilgart resigned from the force, but Constable Edney was sacked and app...

Advertisement A disability pensioner who was pinned down and arrested by six police officers outside his home sent a text message before the confrontation that he would give police a reason to shoot him, a court has heard. An image from CCTV showing police restraining John outside his Preston home in 2017. A magistrate found that while John was on the ground being restrained he was struck on the leg with a baton, punched in the stomach, had his head stood on and had capsicum spray used on him from close range. While seated and handcuffed, he had water blasted in his face from a hose.