Two Sussex Police officers have denied assaulting a man at a hospital who suffered a fractured elbow.
Lorenzo Fenu, 28, and Richard Harris, 36, pleaded not guilty at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to the allegation on April 16 at Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
The prosecution told the court the man was handcuffed at the time of the alleged assault and sustained a fractured elbow.
The charge was brought following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct into alleged unlawful force on a man detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act.
District Judge Claire Luxford sent their case to Maidstone Crown Court for a plea and trial preparation hearing on December 7.
Fenu, of Hove and Harris, of Shoreham, were granted unconditional bail.
