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Four Whakatane policemen go on trial in Tauranga District Court today accused of beating a prisoner in custody.
Sergeants Keith Parsons, 51, and Erle Busby, 46, Senior Constable Bruce Laing, 45, and Constable John Mills, 38, have denied a joint charge of assaulting a man with pepper spray and batons in Whakatane police cells.
- NZPA
