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Palmerston North policeman Timothy Hesketh was further remanded today on a charge of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm to a prisoner.
His appearance in Palmerston North District Court was excused, and the case was remanded to May 9 for a depositions hearing. Bail was to continue.
Hesketh was charged after an arrested man had his neck broken in the back of a police van.
- NZPA
