A provincial court judge has found a Prince George RCMP officer guilty of obstructing justice for ordering a bystander to the aftermath of a violent police takedown to delete video of the incident from his phone.

Const. Arthur Dalman was one of two officers charged in the case — which stemmed from the arrest of a Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan man who later died in custody.

In a verdict delivered over three hours Thursday, Judge Adrian Brooks found Dalman guilty but acquitted co-accused Staff Sgt. Bayani (Jon) Eusebio Cruz.

The verdicts are the latest chapter in a case that dates back seven years to a night when RCMP pursued and arrested Dale Culver — a 35-year-old who died about half an hour after he was taken into custody following a fight with multiple police officers.