A man has told a court he finds it hard not to despise himself, apologising after stabbing a police officer in south-west Sydney. 9News
A jury found Rory James Constantino, 31, guilty of reckless wounding in September for stabbing Senior Constable James Vella at Sadleir in Sydney's south-west.Plainclothes officers went to arrest Constantino's father Ricky over a firearm offence in June 2019.
Constantino's barrister Brett Eurell told the court he had a genuine, if not misguided belief that the two men were not police, or at least a genuine doubt that they were. Constantino claimed he acted in self-defence and did not believe the officers were police when he attacked Senior Constable Vella
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