Overview

• Magistrate Michelle Hodgson adjourned the contested hearing to September 1 after prosecutors revealed a police officer’s spouse was reluctant to give evidence
• Sewell’s bail was extended with conditions during Monday’s brief court appearance
• Victoria Police are probing an alleged August 7 assault at Bourke Street Mall, with video showing Sewell in a brawl and a warrant reportedly issued over the incident
• Prosecutors allege Sewell intimidated an officer, breached personal safety intervention orders and failed to comply with a direction to provide an electronic device
• Outside court, Sewell denied all charges, accusing authorities of persecuting him and his organisation