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Matt Styler, 50, of Orange Grove, Gosport, was charged with assault by beating of an emergency worker during the trouble on Tuesday night. He was today remanded in custody at Southampton Magistrates' Court after he pleaded not guilty and opted to be tried at Crown Court despite being told the Magistrates' Court could deal with the alleged offence. Prosecutor Nola Bond told the court: "In essence, it is part of the riots following the murder of Henry Nowak. "The defendant was seen sitting on a wall. The police had advanced forward so the majority of the protesters were ahead of the police. The defendant was behind the police lines." Ms Bond said a tussle broke out between officers and Styler after he allegedly refused to move before then kicking out at a police sergeant. Styler, who the court heard is a military veteran and married dad-of-three, appeared in the dock wearing a blue polo top. His lawyer Bruno Haine told the court: "He's sitting on a wall next to someone else. The police ask him to get off in their way, He has 13 pins in his right ankle of which he's had an x-ray a few days before and one is coming out of the skin so he can't just jump off the wall." Mr Haine alleged an officer used a shield to inflict pain on his client's ankle before other officers began grabbing him from the side and pushed him to the floor. He told the court: "An officer kicked him in the head four times with quite a bit of force." The defendant gave a military salute to a man in the public gallery while being led back to the cells. Source: The Mirror