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SA Police officer on aggravated assault charges stemming from body-worn camera audit is bailed
A South Australian police officer accused of assaulting four people while on the job has been banned from having contact with 38 police officers.
Key points:
- SA Police officer Benjamin McLeod has faced court on five aggravated assault charges
- They allegedly occurred in Adelaide’s south-west last year
- The police commissioner says the charges were laid after an audit of body-worn cameras
Benjamin Oliver McLeod, 38, faced the Adelaide Magistrates Court for the first time this morning charged with three counts of aggravated assault causing harm and two counts of aggravated assault.
The offences allegedly occurred in the south-western Adelaide suburbs of Glandore, Glenelg, Black Forest and Novar Gardens in August and December last year.
Mr McLeod…
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