TORONTO - The case of the only police officer to face charges arising out of last year's G20 protests was put over on Monday until next month for the setting of a judicial pre-trial.

Const. Babak Andalib-Goortani, who is charged with assault with a weapon, was not in court for the brief hearing.

Ontario's Special Investigation's Unit charged Andalib-Goortani, 30, with assault with a weapon last month in connection with the videotaped beating of Adam Nobody.

Nobody, 27, had his nose and cheekbone fractured during his arrest last June 26. He was one of more than 1,100 people detained during the tumultuous G20 weekend.

Nobody maintained there was no reason for his arrest and beating.

The case gained notoriety after the civilian unit that investigates injuries involving police initially said it was unable to identify the officers involved despite concluding excessive force had likely been used against Nobody.

As many as 16 officers may have either witnessed or been involved in Nobody's arrest at the provincial legislature.

Andalib-Goortani was not wearing a name tag.

Following the posting of a YouTube video showing the arrest, the unit reopened the case and charged the officer.

Police Chief Bill Blair claimed the video had been doctored and was later forced to apologize.

Andalib-Goortani is being represented by lawyer Harry Black.

Black's agent told Ontario Court justice of the peace Milan Then that Black was tied up with another matter and requested the case be put over until Feb. 28.

Prosecutor Philip Perlmutter said a date should be set for a judicial pretrial at the next hearing.

Perlmutter said he had not yet received all the materials related to the case, but said he was "anxious" to get on with it.

No determination had been made whether to proceed by way of the more serious direct indictment, which could see the matter sent straight to trial, the prosecutor said.

The police union has said it fully supports the charged officer.

Nobody has said he was handcuffed, taken behind a police van and kicked repeatedly in the head by two plainclothes officers after his initial arrest.

Hundreds of complaints against police flowed from the G20.

The vast majority of those detained in what Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin called "the most massive compromise of civil liberties in Canadian history" were released without charge.

Many of the other charges were withdrawn.