Senior sergeant was under trial over confrontation with Luke Cole on the Gold Coast in November 2013

Police officer Chris Hurley has been found guilty of assaulting a man during a roadside stop on the Gold Coast in 2013.

Senior Sergeant Hurley was convicted on two counts of common assault when he appeared in Southport Magistrates court on Friday. He was found not guilty on two further counts of common assault.

The magistrate Chris Callaghan delivered his verdict following a trial in October over a confrontation with Luke Cole on Robina Parkway in November 2013.

The pair scuffled after Hurley had pulled over a car in which Cole was a passenger.

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Hurley believed Cole had yelled an obscenity at him as the car Cole was in passed a traffic accident Hurley was attending.

When Cole got out of the car, Hurley grabbed him by the throat.

He said the action was in self-defence but the magistrate rejected that claim, finding Cole had done nothing to warrant being grabbed by Hurley in that manner.

“The complainant simply got out of the car ... shut the door and then was set upon by the defendant,” Callaghan said.

After finding Hurley guilty of the initial assault, Callaghan said the subsequent act by Hurley of pulling a Taser on Cole was also unlawful and convicted him of assault in that instance.

The magistrate could not be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of two further claims that Hurley had punched and kicked Cole, and found the defendant not guilty of those two charges.

Hurley will be sentenced on Friday.