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Hadgembes said he spoke briefly with Buckle when he arrived, alerting him about Delany’s attempt to leave, before Buckle approached a doctor.

That’s when Delany tried to leave again, said Hadgembes, who recounted Buckle going after him and grabbing the patient’s left arm before the two disappeared out of his sight.

“I heard a loud smack, then a loud voice said, ‘He’s out,’ ” Hadgembes said.

Hadgembes’ partner, Kasin Mailloux, who also testified Monday, said he rushed over to the scene, roughly 10 metres away, where medical staff and a security guard had gathered.

An injured Delany was lying on the ground and Buckle was kneeling next to him, Mailloux said.

“There was blood around his face, but I don’t know exactly where that blood was coming from,” he said of Delany.

Hadgembes said Buckle approached him a few minutes later and told him Delany may be unconsciousness, adding the two shouldn’t talk about it any further because of the likelihood that the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) would be notified.

Buckle, a five-year officer, has been assigned to administrative duties since the SIU charged him on March 26, 2019.

Delany, who won’t be testifying because he can’t be located, suffered multiple bone fractures in his face and several broken teeth, one of which had to be extracted by a dentist, court was told.

Sgt. Jeremy Dann, Buckle’s supervisor on the night of the incident, testified the officer called him shortly before 1 a.m. Dann said Buckle told him he had handcuffed one of Delany’s hands when Delany pulled away, prompting Buckle to take him to the ground.Dann said he drove to the hospital after the call.

Staff. Sgt. Scott Guilford, the most senior officer working that night, testified he went to the hospital at 2:05 a.m. and spoke briefly with Buckle in the parking lot.

Around a dozen police officers in civilian clothing attended court in support of Buckle Monday.

The trail continues Tuesday, when three nurses and a doctor are expected to testify.

dcarruthers@postmedia.com