However, the rally on July 19 ended with Ms White on the ground, arrested and charged with assaulting Senior Constable Wasko in the execution of duty. Video footage presented in court that shows police clashing with Simone Renae White during a rally in Sydney. At one point, an officer is heard saying: "That was, ah, Little Red Riding Hood. She just got locked up for assault." After a lengthy court battle, Ms White, a social worker, was vindicated on Tuesday when charges against her were thrown out of court and magistrate Geoffrey Bradd forced the police to pay her legal costs. Handing down his judgment in the Downing Centre Local Court, Mr Bradd rounded on the police for apparently deleting evidence, pursuing a false charge against Ms White, attacking her in court, possibly trying to cover up an indecent assault on her and launching an "unreasonable and improper" investigation.

It was this video footage, tendered in court after Ms White's legal team uncovered it, that eventually brought the police undone. Ms White can be seen being repeatedly pushed and shoved in the back by Senior Constable John Wasko. Initially, Senior Constable Wasko said there was no relevant footage from CCTV cameras in Martin Place or from several police who were filming the rally. He relied on his own testimony that Ms White had tried to elbow him as a line of police shepherded a line of protesters away from the Reclaim Australia group. The video footage eventually brought the police undone.

When he was cross-examined in court, he said he was stationed at Dee Why and didn't know that Martin Place would have council-owned CCTV. He said he asked one police officer for their footage from the day but it wasn't relevant. Ms White's solicitor, Lydia Shelly, and barrister, Phillip Boulten, SC, subpoenaed the police for footage that captured most of the incident. Simone White tried to take a photo of an officer who she believed had groped her breasts. Credit:Daniel Munoz The video showed Ms White taking the photo of a police officer who she believed had grabbed her breasts. The photo later disappeared. It also showed Ms White holding a water bottle with her arms across her chest, making Senior Constable Wasko's elbowing allegation "inconsistent", Mr Bradd said in his judgment.

Senior Constable John Wasko leaves the Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday. Credit:Daniel Munoz And it showed Senior Constable Wasko pushing and shoving Ms White in an unfair manner because there was no indication that the rally was unauthorised or dangerous, Mr Bradd found. In his judgment, Mr Bradd said the alleged indecent assault is not captured on camera but the evidence "strongly indicates" it happened. This evidence included Ms White's testimony and medical records showing bruising. Ms White's legal team also subpoenaed the police for footage from the police bus where Ms White was charged and where she says the police deleted the photo in view of a camera. The police responded with a job sheet to show that the camera in the bus was faulty that day.

On Wednesday, a NSW Police spokeswoman said a review of the incident had been launched by Sydney City Local Area Command. Solicitor Lydia Shelly said her client was considering civil action and making a formal complaint to police but she would rather see police review their conduct at protests and make it clear to the public that they don't tolerate unlawful conduct by officers. "Rather than forcing our client to again enforce her legal rights through litigation, which comes at a significant personal and financial cost, we would hope that the NSW police would be moved to independently review the circumstances of this case," Ms Shelly said.