A Brisbane man has spent an evening in a police watch home after allegedly mowing down a police officer whereas using an e-scooter.
Triston Davidson, 40, was granted bail on the Cleveland Magistrates Courtroom after being charged with seven offences over the collision with the officer at Birkdale yesterday afternoon.
Police allege the Bayside man collided with the officer whereas using an e-scooter on the highway alongside Dorsal Drive, regardless of the officer's efforts to wave him down.
It's alleged Mr Davidson's purchasing luggage hanging from the e-scooter got here involved with the officer, knocking him to the bottom.
The 48-year-old senior constable suffered gravel rash, a swollen neck and a bump on the pinnacle.
However police allege Mr Davidson didn't cease and drove house, the place he was later arrested after officers used close by purchasing centre CCTV to determine him and observe him down.
Police body-cam imaginative and prescient of the incident was recorded and shall be submitted to court docket as a part of the temporary of proof.
Mr Davidson was charged with seven offences together with harmful operation of a car, assault or obstruction of a police officer, unlicensed driving, and driving an unregistered car.
The court docket heard police will allege Mr Davidson modified the non-public e-scooter and was touring at speeds of as much as 45km/h when the officer tried to wave him down.
The court docket heard Mr Davidson claimed he didn't know who was waving at him, not realising it was a police officer and thought he had been robbed of his groceries within the incident.
Mr Davidson was granted bail on the situation that he chorus from utilizing e-scooters.
His matter will return to court docket on March 22.
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