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An Ottawa police officer who punched a teen twice in the head and was found to have repeatedly breached the teen’s charter rights has pleaded guilty to police misconduct.

Const. Nikolas Boldirev pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority under the Police Services Act. An Ontario judge had admonished Boldirev in March 2017 in a decision that lambasted the Ottawa Police Service for what the judge said were cavalier and systemic breaches of people’s fundamental rights.

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On Aug. 13, 2015, Boldirev pulled over a driver — referred to as “M. H.” in the disciplinary hearing — in the area of Baseline Road and Woodroffe Avenue. The man’s criminal trial heard that Mohamed Hamed, then 19, was allegedly pulled over for not signalling a lane change.

Boldirev — an Ottawa police officer since 2010, who before that served as a Canadian Forces police officer for six years — smelled a strong odour of marijuana during the stop and saw flakes of weed on the floor of the vehicle, according to an agreed statement of facts in his disciplinary hearing.