Cop lawyers slam charges

THE legal team defending the former Minneapolis police officer who shot dead Australian life coach Justine Damond Ruszczyk has slammed the prosecution’s attempt to question his mental fitness and behaviour on the job as “gravely flawed in both law and fact”.

Mohamed Noor’s lawyers, in a new court filing, called on a Minnesota District Court judge to toss out the third-degree murder and manslaughter charges against him.

Prosecutors previously cited reports by police psychiatrists who examined Noor during the pre-hiring process.