KELOWNA, B.C. – A B.C. Mountie facing assault charges in two separate incidents went on trial on the first charge in Kelowna Monday.
Const. Geoff Mantler is accused of assault causing bodily harm in the arrest of Manjit Singh Bhatti in August of 2010.
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Bhatti himself was later charged with selling drugs to an undercover officer.
Mantler is also charged with assault in a second case involving the arrest of Buddy Tavares in January 2011 after shots were fired at a golf course.
That charge was laid when video emerged showing a Mountie kicking Tavares while he was on his hands and knees on a street.
That case does to trial November 26, and in the meantime, Mantler has been suspended without pay. (CKFR)
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