The most senior police official involved in the arrest of Latrell Mitchell and Jack Wighton has apologised after admitting he gave false evidence while testifying against the NRL stars.
Sergeant David Power, in the witness box on the second day of the hearing at ACT Magistrates Court, admitted key details he provided in the case did not occur. Power had previously alleged he kicked Wighton out of Fiction nightclub after he saw the NRL star with clenched fists, anger in his face and holding a man by the shirt.
Police alleged Wighton and Mitchell, who will become teammates at South Sydney next year, fought each other outside the venue....
