AN off-duty policeman was pushed into a swimming pool during a heated confrontation with a man, 4pm, Monday 6 February.
The incident occurred at the Waves Leisure Centre, Cheltenham, and both men had children with them.
The policeman said the man, 41, of Cheltenham, had earlier recognised him from a previous traffic matter, and, as they walked along the pool edge the man had allegedly sworn at him and called him names.
As they neared the end of the pool the man allegedly pushed the policeman into the water, damaging his mobile phone.
A witness backed up the policeman’s account. The man has been charged with assaulting a police officer. He will be charged on summons.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 8 February 2017
