Paul McGirr on Monday 4 March had charges of hindering an ambulance officer against human resources officer Inga Kajasa dismissed. Downing Centre Magistrate Darcy found key prosecution witness Bradley Spinks, paramedic, had given unsatisfactory evidence and was a “liar”.

Police Prosecutors alleged that after a work colleague of Ms Kajasa fainted in the bathroom in the offices of the Royal Australian College of Physicians, Ms Kajasa pushed Mr Spinks and stopped him from attending to the patient. Mr Spinks then called for police assistance to the extent that the riot squad were called.

However, when CCTV footage was played in court, a different story emerged. Mr Spinks had in fact stopped Ms Kajasa from using the elevator and had pushed her twice to the upper chest.

“She was assaulted twice by the paramedic. We want to make it very clear that paramedics do a great job but it doesn’t mean they can assault people who are actually trying to assist,” Mr McGirr told 7 News Sydney.

Magistrate Darcy gave herself a rarely-used Prasad direction due to the parlous state of the prosecution case, acquitting Ms Kajasa of the charges and awarding her professional costs against the NSW Police.