An Auckland police officer has been charged with beating a girl using his police-issued belt as a weapon.
The 35-year-old officer appeared in Manukau District Court this week facing four charges of assaulting a child with a weapon.
He was given name suppression until his next appearance this month.
According to court documents the complainant is 13 years old.
Three of the charges allege that between 2007 and 2013 the South Auckland resident "whacked the victim on the back on numerous occasions", used a leather belt to hit the girl in the stomach and hit her on the back and legs with a piece of wood.
