Bottom touching was ‘workplace accident’ says accused police officer

Tuesday January 19, 2021

A police officer has told a Brisbane court he didn’t intentionally touch a female colleague on the buttock during a training exercise.

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The officer described the incident as a “workplace accident” and he immediately apologised.

Jason Scott Renwick, 49, pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual assault over the alleged incident at a Brisbane training facility on February 6, 2019.

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

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