A man who claimed he was beaten by Police was today charged with assaulting an officer and violently resisting arrest.

Troy Smith pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possessing a weapon, namely a wooden pole, in a public place.

He also denied assaulting an officer causing bodily harm, violently resisting arrest and using offensive words.

The 28-year-old claims he was badly beaten by a Police constable at his family home in Plaice’s Point Road, Spanish Point on July 4.

He was treated at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for a broken nose, two broken cheekbones, a broken bone above one of his eyelids and a sprained jaw.

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo released Smith on $3,000 bail and ordered him to return for trial on November 4.

Read the full story in tomorrow’s Royal Gazette.