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Police officer defends actions in arrest of disability pensioner We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement A police officer found to have encouraged a colleague to spray a hose in the face of a handcuffed man has told a court he intended to film the incident for “evidentiary purposes” rather than for his own amusement. Senior constables Brad McLeod and Florian Hilgart are appealing against guilty findings made by a magistrate in a combined four charges of unlawful assault over their use of force again...

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.

Two police officers found guilty of assaulting a disability pensioner outside his home during a welfare check maintain they were involved in a lawful arrest.