Man charged with punching police horse kept behind bars for refusing COVID-19 test

Two more protesters from Saturday's anti-lockdown rally have been kept behind bars as police work through more than 15,000 calls from the public identifying those who went.

One of these was the man who sparked widespread rage after being photographed allegedly attacking a police horse

The court heard Kristian Pulkownik has refused to take a COVID test and as a consequence, has been left in isolation.

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The other was Roscoe Hannagan. The court heard he clashed with police in Chippendale at the weekend.

He is accused of interfering with an arrest, as well as attacking police in a scuffle which saw him fracture his knee.

The 38-year-old has spent this week in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, before being discharged last night and arrested by officers.

Today, Mr Hannagan's lawyer argued he was the victim of police brutality.

But the Magistrate shut down this claim, and in denying him bail, compared Mr Hannagan's actions to those of the Cronulla Rioters.

"It's chalk and cheese really but that's a view taken by His Honour and I have to respect that," said Ted Bramble, the lawyer for Mr Hannagan.

Concerns are also mounting that protesters will again take to the streets this Saturday, in a second outlawed anti-lockdown protest.

Police Minister David Elliott warned any person who takes part in the planned demonstration will be met with a major show of force by police.

"They'll be met with New South Wales police on the ground," Mr Elliott said.

"There'll be the mounted response, the airwing, there'll be plain clothes detectives within the crowd."

Editor's Note: The charges against Kristian Pulkownik were later dropped.