Canberra court played footage of police officers being struck by car, man to be sentenced for negligent driving next month

 Dramatic footage of the moment a Canberra man drove into three police officers has been played to the ACT Supreme Court during a sentencing hearing.

Thomas Matthews, 31, was initially charged with three counts of attempted murder.

But he later pleaded guilty to two counts of negligence causing grievous bodily harm.

The charges were downgraded when it emerged Matthews had been suffering the effects of inappropriate medication prescribed for his serious mental illness.

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