Cricket star Michael Slater allegedly assaulted Noosa police officer

The alleged moment Michael Slater attacked a police officer called to a home in Noosa has been revealed.

The alleged moment Australian cricket great Michael Slater attacked a police officer called to a home in Noosa has been revealed.

Queensland Police were called to a Noosa Heads home just before midnight on March 31 this year following reports of a domestic violence-related matter and medical incident.

Police will allege in court Mr Slater, 53, assaulted an officer at the Noosa Heads home.

The officer allegedly suffered a cut to his hand during the incident.

Mr Slater has been charged with one count of assaulting police and two counts of obstructing police.

Mr Slater, who remains on bail, was not in attendance when his matter was mentioned on Tuesday.

His solicitor, Troy Krahenbring, said Mr Slater wanted to have the charges dealt with “as soon as possible”.

The details of Michael Slater’s alleged assault of a prison officer have been revealed in court. Photo by Andy Kearns/Getty Images

“Our client appreciates this matter has taken some time to reach sentence and it’s our client’s preference that sentencing occurs as soon as possible,” Mr Krahenbring stated in a letter addressed to the court.

The Toowoomba based solicitor said the court would need to consider Mr Slater’s mental health when sentencing him.

“It would be remiss of us to have the matter proceed to sentence absent of relevant and materially pertinent information set out as to our client’s mental health state at the time of offending and now,” he said.

Mr Krahenbring apologised to the court in the letter for not attending court on Tuesday.

Michael Slater says he wants to have the charges against him dealt with ‘as soon as possible’. Picture: Stu Forster-ICC/ICC via Getty Images

Police prosecutor Sergeant Alison Johnston agreed to a further adjournment of court proceedings “just in case that material isn’t ready again”.

“His matter did have a lot of case conferencing but it has had quite a large number of adjournments.

The matter was adjourned to Noosa Magistrates Court on October 10.

During a previous appearance at Noosa Magistrates Court, Mr Slater said he intended to plead not guilty to the charges.

No formal plea has been entered.

Speaking to media outside of court in April, Mr Slater said the incident was an “unfortunate situation” during a mental health episode.

The Australian cricket star scored 5312 runs, playing 74 test matches and 42 one-day internationals for Australia between 1993 and 2001.

Mr Slater then transitioned to commentary with Channel 7 and Channel 9 after retiring from cricket.