Charges dropped against police officer in alleged wheelchair assault case

He had been charged with two counts of unlawful assault over an alleged incident at a Shepparton house on February 28 last year, but these charges will now not proceed in court.

In court, prosecutor John Goetz told the magistrate he had “received instructions from the director (of public prosecutions) who had called for a discontinuance of the charges”.

He then asked for both charges to be struck out.

Magistrate Simon Zebrowski then struck out the charges in a court appearance that only took a few minutes.