A Sydney protester accused of striking a police horse is being held in isolation in jail after refusing to take a COVID-19 test, a court has heard.
The 33-year-old has been charged with affray, committing an act of cruelty upon an animal, joining or continuing in an unlawful assembly, and failing to comply with a COVID-19 noticed direction.According to court documents, Mr Pulkownik is alleged to have used unlawful violence on NSW Police horse “Tobruk” between 12.50pm and 1.10pm on Saturday, July 24, “by conduct such that a person of reasonable firmness if present at the scene would have feared for their safety”.
“He’s receiving medical treatment, that’s what I know to be the facts,” he said. “What do you expect me to do?”Within half an hour, Mr Richardson said he had been advised from Parklea prison that Mr Pulkownik was “refusing to be tested” for COVID-19.“Your client ... has been in the community and is at risk to others as he could be COVID positive,” he said. “Your client is in isolation. They are not prepared to put him on screen, I assume, although that’s not what the note says.
Outside court, solicitor Tony Nikolic said he had not been able to speak to Mr Pulkownik beyond a five-minute phone call when he “absolutely” indicated he wanted to apply for release from custody.
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