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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Tim Piccione

Hotel cop biting case dismissed, police 'called out' over unlawful arrest

Charges against a man accused of biting and resisting police during a violent melee have been dismissed after a court found his initial hotel room arrest was unlawful.

"If this form of behaviour is not called out by the courts, [police officers] may think it is appropriate," special magistrate Marcus Hassall said on Tuesday following Adam Ahmad Jabal's two-day hearing.

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