Former police officer denies assault charges
A former South Canterbury police officer is denying three charges of assault and the case is heading for a Christchurch District Court trial.
The officer, Timothy Phillip Hartnell, of Pleasant Point, did not need to appear before a judge at the Court House in Christchurch today, because the remand had been arranged through a registrar prior to his scheduled appearance.
After his indication of not guilty pleas, the remand was granted to a case review at the Christchurch District Court on May 13. That review session is likely to settle arrangements for a defended hearing to be held.
An investigation was conducted from Christchurch after a local complaint from a member of the public in November, and the case was transferred from Timaru.
Hartnell has since resigned from the police.
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