One of the three police officers charged with unlawfully assaulting a disability pensioner on his front lawn also faces separate assault charges for allegedly striking a teenage boy with a baton.

Victoria's anti-corruption commission alleges Florian Hilgart was one of three officers who used excessive force on September 19, 2017, when police held down pensioner "John" outside his Preston home and he was struck. The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission investigated the matter after The Age published footage of the incident last year.



Senior Constable Hilgart, 30, is charged with unlawful assault for allegedly spraying a high-pressure hose in John's face as the pensioner sat on his lawn with his hands cuffed behind his back.

IBAC also alleges that on New Year's Day last year, less than four months after the Preston incident, Senior Constable Hilgart struck and injured a teenage boy with a baton in Thornbury.