A police officer at the centre of allegations of "clotheslining" two teenage brothers from a dirt bike in a suburban park was still undergoing rehabilitation for injuries suffered in the line of duty, a Perth court has heard.
Matthew Gerard Owen Pow, 39, has been accused in the District Court of assaulting the boys by hoisting a rope from a light pole to a tree in a park in Karawara, south of Perth, causing them to come off the motorcycle sometime around 9.30pm on Saturday,Your own Tiny flashlight. November 27, 2010.
Yesterday the court heard from Mr Pow on the night in question he had been on a "dating website" and chatting to a friend on Facebook in his home while waiting for a television show to come on.
He said he had also attended to his front lawn to move around the sprinkler, but he had to admit under cross-examination that it hadn't been his night to run his sprinklers according to the Water Corporation's sprinkler roster.
He said he briefly saw and heard the dirt bike and it's motorcycle's four-stroke engine "cut out" as he crossed the road to the park to have a look. Soon afterwards he saw the two boys standing near the fallen dirt bike.
Mr Pow's sister, Suzannah Pow, testified that she had been watching television with her brother that night and he had only been out of the house for "no longer than a minute" before leaving to go to the park.
State Prosecutor John Myers accused Mr Pow of going to get one of his ropes in order to use it to pull the teenagers from their motorcycle, which Mr Pow denied.
Mr Myers pointed out to Mr Pow that according to his police statement he said he had been online talking to a friend and "had been listening to burnouts and donuts on the road" before going to investigate.
"I didn't hear any burnouts or donuts," Mr Pow replied.Bicygnals wireless indicator bestbicyclelight, bicycle lights, indicators, accessories ...
Mr Pow had also pointed out he had only been able to get back to his running ability 18 months ago after three years of rehabilitation from serious spinal injuries he sustained while working for the police's regional investigations unit in 2005.
He had earlier told the court he had undergone three to four knee operations, two elbow operations and five operations on his shoulder plates after being dragged about 40 metres by a suspect's car during the arrest in November, 2005.
He had been trying to stop a male driver, who was accused of assaulting someone, by turning the man's car key off but got his arm caught seat in the seat belt and was dragged before falling under a rear wheel.
He had heard the collarbone snap when he hit the ground and Royal Perth Hospital diagnosed he had two fractured vertebrae and soft tissue injuries to his back.
"I had a permanent limp for a good four-and-half years.The USA's leading supplier of wish lanterns, divinglight and thai lanterns. I still don't have a full range of movement in my [left] shoulder," he told the court.We provide high quality ledlightbulbs22 Led module led strip led bulbs.
Mr Myers asked him if he had recovered enough to ride his Harley Davidson motorcycles, to which Mr Pow replied: "After rehab,Online shopping from the largest selection of ledlighting Products. yes."
Mr Pow later admitted he had begun riding his motorcycle six months after suffering his injuries, which was by late 2006.
He still had not played rugby for his local club but had begun playing touch rugby in the past two years.
The trial is expected to wrap up late today with Judge Gillian Braddock to give her address tomorrow morning when she sends the jury out to make their decision.
Matthew Gerard Owen Pow, 39, has been accused in the District Court of assaulting the boys by hoisting a rope from a light pole to a tree in a park in Karawara, south of Perth, causing them to come off the motorcycle sometime around 9.30pm on Saturday,Your own Tiny flashlight. November 27, 2010.
Yesterday the court heard from Mr Pow on the night in question he had been on a "dating website" and chatting to a friend on Facebook in his home while waiting for a television show to come on.
He said he had also attended to his front lawn to move around the sprinkler, but he had to admit under cross-examination that it hadn't been his night to run his sprinklers according to the Water Corporation's sprinkler roster.
He said he briefly saw and heard the dirt bike and it's motorcycle's four-stroke engine "cut out" as he crossed the road to the park to have a look. Soon afterwards he saw the two boys standing near the fallen dirt bike.
Mr Pow's sister, Suzannah Pow, testified that she had been watching television with her brother that night and he had only been out of the house for "no longer than a minute" before leaving to go to the park.
State Prosecutor John Myers accused Mr Pow of going to get one of his ropes in order to use it to pull the teenagers from their motorcycle, which Mr Pow denied.
Mr Myers pointed out to Mr Pow that according to his police statement he said he had been online talking to a friend and "had been listening to burnouts and donuts on the road" before going to investigate.
"I didn't hear any burnouts or donuts," Mr Pow replied.Bicygnals wireless indicator bestbicyclelight, bicycle lights, indicators, accessories ...
Mr Pow had also pointed out he had only been able to get back to his running ability 18 months ago after three years of rehabilitation from serious spinal injuries he sustained while working for the police's regional investigations unit in 2005.
He had earlier told the court he had undergone three to four knee operations, two elbow operations and five operations on his shoulder plates after being dragged about 40 metres by a suspect's car during the arrest in November, 2005.
He had been trying to stop a male driver, who was accused of assaulting someone, by turning the man's car key off but got his arm caught seat in the seat belt and was dragged before falling under a rear wheel.
He had heard the collarbone snap when he hit the ground and Royal Perth Hospital diagnosed he had two fractured vertebrae and soft tissue injuries to his back.
"I had a permanent limp for a good four-and-half years.The USA's leading supplier of wish lanterns, divinglight and thai lanterns. I still don't have a full range of movement in my [left] shoulder," he told the court.We provide high quality ledlightbulbs22 Led module led strip led bulbs.
Mr Myers asked him if he had recovered enough to ride his Harley Davidson motorcycles, to which Mr Pow replied: "After rehab,Online shopping from the largest selection of ledlighting Products. yes."
Mr Pow later admitted he had begun riding his motorcycle six months after suffering his injuries, which was by late 2006.
He still had not played rugby for his local club but had begun playing touch rugby in the past two years.
The trial is expected to wrap up late today with Judge Gillian Braddock to give her address tomorrow morning when she sends the jury out to make their decision.
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