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For the past year, Ann has been actively working to collate
evidence of serious Police corruption in the case of Mr Z, who
was also a protected witness in the Dianne Brimble Coroner’s
Inquest. The result
has been two Public Interest Disclosures (PID’s) under the
Whistleblower Protection Act 1993 (WPA).
Ann has written to the Former and Present
Attorney-Generals, Police Minister, Police Commissioner and
Ombudsman. Both PIDs
allege corruption by the Former Police Complaints Authority and
maladministration by the Former Attorney-General for their
persistent failure to investigate and remedy Police wrongdoing,
blatant breaches of law, Police Codes of Conduct and compliance
with proper procedure.
In summary, Mr Z's alleges that his ex-wife, Ms K pre-meditated a
scheme whereby she would leave him, take the kids and clear him of
all his possessions – taking not just her half but ensuring he
would be left penniless.
This is discovered in a “10-Step Plan” written in Ms K’s
own handwriting, which Mr Z uncovered some five months later.
Both Mr Z and Ms K were friendly with a number of Police,
some of whom were personal friends.
After an assault on Mr Z by Ms K's mother, Mr Z reports the
incident to Police seeking a Restraining Order.
However, in short time
(almost immediately in fact), Ms K (upon realising the dangerous
situation this would create to her ability to take the children
and all his assets), in a pre-emptive/ retrospective strike,
attempts to interfere with due process by setting out to alienate
their Police friends and associates from Mr Z, to the extent that
she is even able to engage the active support of Senior Constable
and her husband (a Police Prosecutor) to retrospectively frame him
for an alleged assault that appears (based on the evidence of
medical and police records) to never have taken place, whilst also
going to extreme measures to protect themselves from being
exposed. For many
years, it appears Ms K was able to engage the support of many
Police, including the malicious advocacy and support of her
girl-friend, Mrs A, who made some 13 false reports against Mr Z -
successfully having him locked up and charged - only to have each
one dropped and proven false.
There are many other deeply disturbing aspect of Mr Z's story yet,
despite documents vindicating his account of Police persecution,
he continues to be harassed by Police, with frequent breaches of
his confidentiality to third parties outside of the Police,
predictable leaks to Ms K’s family and associates and the loss and
destruction of vital evidence including surveillance and audio
tapes and other critical documents. The conduct of Police and
almost all aspects of this case as referred to in Mr Z’s PID can
be corroborated by a substantial paper trail.
This case further demonstrates the need for an Independent
Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) as the Internal Investigation
Branch (IIB) and PCA have failed in their duties, whilst other
investigative bodies, such as the Ombudsman, are prevented by law
from investigating the PCA or any member of the Police. This
contradicts the former Attorney-General’s statements in the media
claiming that the Ombudsman has Royal Commission powers to
investigate allegations of corruption – not so, it seems, if the
corruption is at the hands of Police!
Ann is now calling for a public and transparent Judicial Inquiry
into all aspects of Mr Z’s PID including a failure by the PCA and
IIB to fully investigate and remedy:
·
Failure to comply with proper Police procedure
·
Perverting the course of justice
·
Manufacturing of evidence on multiple occasions to conceal
professional misconduct
·
Malicious prosecutions
·
Repeatedly breaching the Police Code of Conduct
·
Interfering with the making of Public Interest Disclosures to the
Police Complaints Authority
·
Attempting to frame MR Z for alleged criminal conduct
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