NSW:Police deny brutally bashing mother of two

AAP General News (Australia)
04-16-2011
NSW:Police deny brutally bashing mother of two

SYDNEY, April 16 AAP - Police have denied claims they bashed a mother of two when they
came to her home in the state's north to investigate a domestic incident.

Carolyn Neverov, 41, said police struck and kicked her in front of her 13-year-old
daughter when they came to her Armidale home on Tuesday.

"They were really rough, they were throwing me around like a rag doll," Ms Neverov
told Seven news on Saturday.

"They were rubbing my face in the concrete."

Ms Neverov, who said she was drunk and suffering a punctured lung and five broken ribs
after two officers punched her, was then forced to spend the night in a holding cell,
Channel Seven reported.

The police, however, say they did nothing wrong and that Ms Neverov refused medical help.

"The police acted in self-defence with a level of force in proportion to the level
of force that they were dealing with," a police spokesman told AAP.

"Police will allege that one officer was kicked in the groin while another received
lacerations to his leg."

The spokesman was unable to confirm the woman's injuries saying only that police called
an ambulance for her after using capsicum spray during the incident but that the woman
refused transportation to hospital.

Ms Neverov's family told Channel Seven that she was rushed to intensive care after
being dropped home by the police on Wednesday and that they want the assault charges against
her dropped.

The police said they will investigate the matter if they receive a complaint.

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