Sydney man’s claim he speared police officer because he thought he was a thug ‘absolute nonsense’, court hears

Prosecutor urges jury in Rory James Constantino trial to use common sense about wounding of officer with makeshift weapon

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A Sydney man's claim that he speared a plain-clothes police officer because he thought his house was being invaded by thugs was absolute nonsense", prosecutors have told a district court jury.

During closing submissions in Rory James Constantino's trial, crown prosecutor Leon Apostle on Monday urged the jury to use common sense about what actually happened when police attended the accused's south-west Sydney home on 11 June 2019 with an arrest warrant for his father, Ricky.