Police body cam shows officer Jay Maleckas bash innocent dad Steven McIvor in front of his son

Disturbing footage showing a police officer beating an innocent man in front of his sobbing son has been released as the cop’s desperate attempt to clear his name is rejected.

NSW Senior Constable Jay Maleckas was found guilty of needlessly beating and using paprika spray on father Steven McIvor outside Castle Hill tube station in Sydney’s north west on September 5, 2020.

The 21-year-old officer also had his appeal against the conviction dismissed by Judge Stephen Hanley in Parramatta District Court on Monday, the Daily telegram reports.

Footage recorded by Mr McIvor captured on police bodycams shows the tense exchange that followed a plea for help from the father after he was confronted by a group of ‘eshays’.

At the beginning of the video, Mr. McIvor can be seen repeatedly asking Maleckas if he can speak to a sergeant and if he was arrested while Maleckas blocked him from going down the footpath.

Finally, Maleckas told the bereaved father that he had been arrested “to prevent a disturbance of the peace.”

Mr. McIvor was then told to lie down on the floor and was tackled with his seven-year-old son crying as he crouched beside him.

The young boy was then pushed aside and watched in horror as Malecka’s paprika sprayed his father to the point that he couldn’t breathe and punched him nine times, causing his head to bleed profusely.

During the attack, Mr. McIvor told the officer he was willing to cooperate, saying, “I’ll do whatever you want, sir, tell me!”, and “I’m over it, I’m over it, let me go ! ‘.

Finally, Maleckas rolled the father onto his side and strangely went over to comfort the hysterical boy.

As he followed his handcuffed father to the police car, Mr. McIvor’s frightened son asked Maleckas, “Can’t you kill him?”

Maleckas (pictured outside Parramatta court on Monday) was found to have used unreasonable force against Mr McIvor after arresting him without ‘foundation’

Mr McIvor’s seven-year-old son (pictured crouching next to his father during the attack) cried and asked Maleckas not to kill his father

Maleckas said to the boy, ‘Oh, I’m not going to kill him mate, I’m not going to kill him. He’s okay.’

The seven-year-old insisted, “But you have a gun.”

Maleckas concluded the exchange, saying, “No, I’m not going to shoot him.” I’m not going to shoot him, mate.’

The court heard Mr McIvor summoned the police, claiming that ‘about 50 small children’ threatened him with violence on the tube station platform after he left the nearby Hillside Tavern.

He admitted that he was “somewhat” under the influence of alcohol at the time and was in a “heightened emotional state.”

However, the police apparently did not respond to Mr McIvor’s call, so he started walking to the local police station to file a report.

It was on his way to the station that he was confronted around 4:00 PM by Maleckas, who had two probationary officers following him to find out about the job.

The judge noted that none of the rookies wanted to arrest Mr. McIvor.

Mr McIvor (pictured with Maleckas just before the attack) had called the police after a group of ‘eshays’ threatened him at Castle Hill tube station in Sydney’s northwest

Video shows Maleckas yelling “don’t bite me, don’t bite me, motherfucker” at Mr. McIvor between spraying paprika and beating him.

Judge Stephen Hanley ruled that Maleckas had ‘no basis’ for arresting Mr McIvor, noting: ‘Even if it had been lawful, the applicant (Maleckas) had to use reasonable force.’

Outside court on Monday, Mr McIvor said the verdict left him ‘relieved’.

“(It’s a) big three years,” he shared Seven news.