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Ex-police officer cleared of assault charge over baton strikes on teen in Byron Bay laneway

The alleged assault of the boy was recorded by an onlooker. (Supplied)

A former police officer who struck a teenager with a baton 18 times while trying to detain him in a Byron Bay laneway has had his assault charge dismissed for a second time. 

Former Senior Constable Michial Greenhalgh was accused of using "unreasonable force" on the then 16-year-old who was found naked and distressed in Lateen Lane in the early hours of January 11, 2018.

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