Denies assaulting police officer

A Kirkwall resident has been remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to assaulting a police officer at Kirkwall Police Station on Tuesday.

Leslie Darren Norquoy, 39, of Holm Road, appeared from custody at Kirkwall Sheriff Court yesterday.

Norquoy also denied behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by challenging a police officer to a fight and uttering threats of violence towards him, and resisting, obstructing, molesting and hindering two police officers by struggling violently with them at an address in Kirkwall.

A trial date has been set for March 1.