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A 37-year-old NSW woman who failed to take a breath test 20 times told police she was 'swerving potholes' before being dragged out of her car and arrested.
Dylan - not his real name - is now aged 21 and is still hugely affected by what happened to him in the early hours of January 11, 2018 in Byron Bay.
Mia Armitage Magistrate Michael Dakin has ordered a common assault charge against a former Byron-based policeman be dropped after an altercation involving a naked youth in Byron Bay three years ago. Earlier this week, the Department of Public Prosecutions [DPP] argued Senior Constable Michial Luke Greenhalgh had entered a state of ‘red mist’ when he struck the boy, who he says he didn’t realise was sixteen, a final six times with his baton. DPP’s Brittany Parker. Photo supplied. Prosecutor Brittany Parker said ‘red mist’ was a state of frustration that could manifest suddenly in...