A man who allegedly punched a police horse at Sydney s anti-lockdown protest will be kept behind bars after refusing to take a Covid-19 test.
Kristian Pulkownik, 33, allegedly struck NSW Police horse Tobruk in the nose as his rider was managing thousands of protesters who marched in the city s CBD last Saturday as part of the Rally 4 Freedom march .
He d been hit with a string of charges including affray, committing an act of cruelty upon an animal, and breaching a Covid-19 restriction.
Pulkownik was set to appear via video link at the Central Local Court on Thursday morning but Magistrate Mark Richardson told the court he couldn t leave his cell due to his refusal to have a Covid swab, the ABC reported.
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