Cops deny assaulting 92yo during arrest

News.com.au - 14/04
Confronting footage played to a court has shown the moment two police officers wrestled an elderly man to the ground, as they denied using excessive force during his arrest at his Picton home.

Confronting footage played to a court has shown the moment two police officers wrestled an elderly man to the ground, as they denied using excessive force during his arrest at his Picton home.

Constable James Robert Thompson and Senior Constable Dean George Valesini are facing a hearing in the Picton Local Court over allegations they assaulted Ronald Hodge, 92, when they placed him in handcuffs during a call out in January last year.

Police were called to Mr Hodge’s home after the man’s wife called triple-0 making domestic violence all...
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