Olympic boxer Harry Garside has a nervous wait ahead after his
criminal defence lawyers told a court this week they have made
formal representations to the New South Wales Police Force
requesting that the
domestic violence-related proceedings against their client be
withdrawn on the
complainant was the "aggressor" during the incident in
question, not their client.
The
accusation
Mr Garside has pleaded not guilty to one count of domestic
violence-related common assault against his former partner.
Police allege that between 4pm and 7pm on 1 March 2023, 25-year
old Mr Garside, who won a bronze medal for boxing at the Tokyo
Olympics, assaulted his 32-year old former partner Ashley Ruscoe in
Bellevue Hill, in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
