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An Ottawa police officer has been found not guilty of misconduct charges laid by a civilian watchdog after his two co-accused officers were already previously acquitted in a case the police union say should never have led to disciplinary charges.

Det. Emmanuel Svidran was acquitted Monday of two counts of neglect of duty under the Police Services Act laid by the Office of the Independent Police Review Director, a civilian police oversight agency.

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The OIPRD alleged that Svidran and two other officers Const. Katherine Plomp and Sgt. Wayne Wilson mishandled evidence in a married couple’s arrest for fighting with neighbours. Plomp and Wilson were acquitted of neglect of duty in April.

Bruno Kraljevic filed several complaints against police after he and his wife, Branka Kraljevic, were arrested for an altercation with three neighbours in July 2013. Branka was convicted of aggravated assault for stabbing one of the men.