Article 56937 Three Victoria police officers escape conviction for assaulting pensioner with high-pressure hose

Three Victoria police officers escape conviction for assaulting pensioner with high-pressure hose

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Officers fined after court says men used unjustified force when they pinned a Preston pensioner down outside his home in 2018

Three police officers who brutally bashed a Melbourne pensioner in his front yard have escaped conviction and been fined.

Senior Constables Brad McLeod and Florian Hilgart, and Constable John Edney were found guilty of unlawful assault during the arrest in September 2018.

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