Queensland police officer on trial for allegedly groping female colleague’s bottom

A police sergeant has denied groping a female colleague by grabbing her bottom during a training exercise.

Jason Scott Renwick, 49, is charged with one count of sexual assault over the alleged incident at a Brisbane training facility on February 6, 2019.

He pleaded not guilty at the start of a trial in the Queensland District Court on Monday.

The training exercise on a staircase involved officers passing another officer in a cover position and tapping or squeezing them on the shoulder or thigh,…