A HAWICK man has been accused of struggling violently with two female police officers and kicking one of them on the leg.
Christopher Kali of Overhall Road, Wilton Dean, is also charged with kicking a male police community support officer on the leg in Hawick Police Station on the Sunday after Christmas.
The 21-year-old faces a further two charges of urinating in circumstances likely to cause offence to another person and shouting and swearing and committing a breach of the peace on Sunday.
Kali appeared from custody at Selkirk Sheriff Court and pleaded not guilty to all five charges.
He was released on bail to his trial date of May 7 at Jedburgh Sheriff Court with an intermediate hearing on April 7.
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