Video of police assault could go public after failed legal challenge Justice Andrew Beech rejected all three grounds of the appeal in June, saying he did not accept that the commissioner had erred. VIDEO footage of a former policeman apparently punching and kneeing a prisoner in the head could be released next week after the West Australian Court of Appeal dismissed a legal challenge from the officer. The footage was revealed during public hearings held by the state's corruption watchdog looking into alleged misconduct by police at the Broome watch-house. The hearings came after two alleged violent arrests involving the same officer this year. In the footage, the officer appears to drag one man through the station by the neck, then punch and knee another inmate who was shown flying headfirst onto a concrete floor while handcuffed. The arrests prompted the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) to investigate, and Commissioner Roger Macknay ordered the footage could be released to the media. But Karen Vernon, the lawyer for the former policeman whose name has been suppressed, lodged a Supreme Court injunction against the release. Ms Vernon lodged an appeal against that decision, claiming the release of the footage was not in the public interest. The Court of Appeal dismissed that application on Wednesday, but Ms Vernon sought a further delay to consider a possible High Court appeal. However, the CCC plans to table its report into the matter in parliament on Monday, and the footage will be included. Ms Vernon indicated she would try to seek an agreement from the CCC not to release the footage next week.