A fifth person has been charged over the St Kilda police assault
Play video He has been remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today. Three men and a woman have already been charged after an officer was allegedly "ragdolled" and had his head smashed into the ground while another was seriously injured during the incident on Fitzroy Street. Advertisement The attack occurred when police were called to an incident just before 3am after reports of an assault of a homeless woman.
Two police officers then arrived, asking Mr Potts to step away from a taxi so they could establish what had happened, before he fled the scene and police gave chase. One of the officers caught up with Mr Potts, the court heard, while the other fell over at a tram stop on Fitzroy Street. Mr Potts is then alleged to have tried to fight with the officer before Ms Potts came from the side and attacked him.