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HISTORICAL FACTS: Cop blames tumour for unjustified excessive assaults - The Untold Story

Ian Philip Rooke admitted assault charges after a magistrate rejected his mental health application. (Miklos Bolza/AAP PHOTOS)

A senior constable has claimed he punched a man having a psychotic episode and hit a crying, drunk woman in the back in separate incidents due to his brain tumour.

Ian Philip Rooke, 43, pleaded guilty to two charges of common assault on Wednesday after he failed to convince a magistrate to deal with the case on mental health grounds.

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