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George Zimmerman had a broken nose, a bruised head and passed two voice-stress lie-detector tests in the wake of his deadly fight with Miami Gardens high school junior Trayvon Martin.

But police records released Tuesday show in greater detail how the Sanford detective investigating the case was unconvinced that Zimmerman was legally justified when he shot Martin. Detective Chris Serino believed Zimmerman jumped to a 鈥渇aulty conclusion鈥� about Martin, an unarmed teen who he said never used deadly force when he battered Zimmerman and caused him to frantically scream for help 14 times.

Days after several recorded interviews between Serino and Zimmerman were made public, the detective got a new job: On July 7, he starts in his new assignment as a uniformed patrolman on the graveyard shift, at the same pay.

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鈥淚t鈥檚 not a demotion,鈥� Sanford Police spokesman Sgt. David Morgenstern said of Serino, 45, who has been with the department for 15 years.

鈥淭here isn鈥檛 any more prestige in being a detective. We have officers who love uniform patrol. This was of his own free will.鈥�

The new assignment was announced less than a week after former Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee was fired over the public outcry that resulted from the department鈥檚 handling of the case. And it was revealed hours after State Attorney Angela Corey released another batch of evidence in Zimmerman鈥檚 second-degree murder trial, raising speculation that Serino鈥檚 move to patrol was directly related to the controversial case.

Serino 鈥済ot demoted because he told the truth,鈥� said Benjamin Crump, an attorney for Martin鈥檚 family.

On Tuesday, prosecutors released several videos and audio tapes, most of which had already been made public last week by Zimmerman鈥檚 attorney, Mark O鈥橫ara. One video released Tuesday shows several minutes of previously unseen footage of Zimmerman discussing with police his doctor鈥檚 diagnosis of his injuries.

鈥淚 have a broken nose. She says I could use stitches, but she鈥檇 rather not put them in 鈥� as long as I didn鈥檛 mess with my head. My skin is already healing nicely,鈥� Zimmerman said at the end of a video where he walked through the scene with investigators the day after the Feb. 26 shooting. 鈥淪he says I didn鈥檛 need to put stitches in right away.鈥�

As to the absence of wounds on other parts of his body, Zimmerman said: Martin 鈥渨as just focused on my head.鈥�

Zimmerman said that his doctor also advised that he needed to let the swelling in his nose go down before it could be treated. Sanford Detective Doris Singleton noticed that the inflammation on the side of Zimmerman鈥檚 bruised head had gone down.

鈥淢y wife is an RN student, so she went to work,鈥� Zimmerman said. 鈥淕ood to keep her busy, I guess.鈥�

An unedited version of Serino鈥檚 sworn statement shows he believed the injuries were 鈥渕arginally consistent with a life-threatening violent episode described by him, during which neither a deadly weapon nor deadly force was deployed by Trayvon Martin.鈥�

Serino recommended a manslaughter charge, and explained in his report that Zimmerman was initially released because his account 鈥渁ppeared generally consistent with the facts and circumstances known at the time.鈥�

His sworn statement recommending a manslaughter charge was signed March 13, before the anti-Zimmerman protests had swept the nation 鈥� and after his chief publicly said there was no probable cause to make an arrest.

Serino said the relative size of the two fighters, coupled with the fact that neither had specialized training in hand-to-hand combat, meant Zimmerman was not at any 鈥渆xceptional disadvantage鈥� when the two scuffled on the ground.

But he acknowledged that no one could refute Zimmerman鈥檚 story that Martin attacked him without provocation.

Serino鈥檚 statement made note of the fact that Zimmerman had called police to report the 鈥渟uspicious鈥� presence of a black male on at least four prior occasions. Just a few weeks before the killing, one of the black men had broken into a neighbor鈥檚 home.

鈥淶immerman, by his statements made to the call taker and recorded for review and his statements made to investigators following the shooting death of Martin, made it clear that he had already reached a faulty conclusion as to Martin鈥檚 purpose for being in the neighborhood,鈥� Serino wrote.

He said Zimmerman spotted Martin twice, but didn鈥檛 use the opportunity to introduce himself. Zimmerman said he was afraid, but Serino was skeptical.

鈥淗is actions are inconsistent with those of a person who has stated he was in fear of another subject,鈥� Serino added. 鈥淚nvestigative findings show that George Michael Zimmerman had at least two opportunities to speak with Trayvon Benjamin Martin in order to defuse the circumstances surrounding the encounter. On at least two occasions, George Michael Zimmerman failed to identify himself as a concerned resident or a neighborhood watch member to Trayvon Benjamin Martin.鈥�

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Prosecutors released a video of Zimmerman taking a computerized analysis that measured the stress in his voice. In it, he answered a brief series of questions such as 鈥淚s the wall green?鈥� and 鈥淲ere you in fear for your life when you shot the guy?鈥�

鈥淢r. Zimmerman was subjected to two exams and was found to be classified as 鈥榥o deception indicated,鈥欌�� Sanford Police investigator William Erwin wrote.

After a media firestorm and rallies nationwide, Zimmerman鈥檚 case was taken away from the Sanford Police and reassigned to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Records show that a month after Martin鈥檚 death, Zimmerman gave the FDLE permission to search his Blackberry cellphone.

The special prosecutor assigned to the case by the governor charged Zimmerman with second-degree murder, which carries a possible life sentence. He is currently being held without bond in a Seminole County Jail. A hearing will be held Friday to determine whether he should be released pending trial.

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