BY IAN CROUCH
A man's due to face Toronto Local Court today after allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman and two police officers.
Officers were called to a home on Orlong Close at Edgeworth on Saturday morning finding a 27-year-old woman with bruises on her face and arrested the 26-year-old man.
But as they were putting him in a Police truck he allegedly began to struggle, leaving a senior constable with a dislocated shoulder and injuries to his lower back, hand and groin, before taking on a second senior constable, allegedly kicking him in the face three times.
The man's facing 17 charges.
One of the officers was taken to John Hunter Hospital and the second receive treatment at Belmont Police Station.
Both officers are now at home and unfit for duty.
