A policeman charged with assault is alleged to have kicked a man in the face and stomped on his back during an arrest.

Senior Constable James Vassilopoulos leaves Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday. Credit:AAP

Senior Constable James Vassilopoulos appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday facing two counts of assaulting the man at a Preston pharmacy on February 13, 2016.

The policeman, 39, was arrested and charged by Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission officers in the months after The Age last year published CCTV footage of the arrest.

The footage shows two police trying to subdue the man after a violent robbery at the pharmacy, but one of them punching, kicking and stomping on the man as he was lying face down. The man appears to be handcuffed behind his back when stomped on.