A preliminary hearing in the case of a former Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»TV host charged with assaulting a police officer in a court mask-wearing dispute is underway.
Last August, Marrett Alexander Green elected a jury trial in B.C. Supreme Court. A preliminary inquiry is held to determine if enough evidence exists to proceed to trial.
Green is charged with harming a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Police Department constable in an assault, assaulting that officer while they were engaged in their duty and attempting to take a weapon from the officer.
The charges relate to a Jan. 26, 2021 scuffle between a man allegedly refusing to wear a mask when entering the downtown Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Law Courts. Court rules at the time mandated mask use.
Police were called when the man refused to comply.
In the subsequent incident, the officer suffered a broken leg.
“This was senseless, this was reckless and this was unnecessary,” VPD spokesperson Const. Tania Visintin said at the time.
Green was a CKVU-TV news anchor between 1994 and 1999.
Preliminary inquiries are covered by a publication ban so as not to taint any potential jury should the case proceed to trial.
