NSW Police Inspector guilty of drunken NorthConnex crash

Court officers immediately made efforts to detect and delete potential breaches of internal lists and systems.

reporter He had defied an order from AB to withhold his name until 2063, at the request of NSW Police.

Imprint’s lawyers said the public deserved transparency about how AB was prosecuted and warned that the decision could cause problems in court.

Prosecutors told the court the potential breach was “quite extraordinary” given that Downing had for months ignored calls for the Central Registry to be listed as a public court under the EU’s nickname.

Magistrates, prosecutors and even the NSW Attorney-General intervened, forcing the courts to disclose AB hearing times and venues to the press and public.

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A report by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission concluded that AB “deliberately left” the scene of the NorthConnex crash “to avoid a breath test.”

Moreover, the watchdog found he was “deliberately dishonest” and made no mention of alcohol in an insurance claim made through the police for the damaged car.

The LECC said in July this was “serious misconduct”.

The LECC found the officers who investigated and charged the inspector acted properly, but said his boss, known only as HAR12, “blindsided (the) impartiality and loyalty to Constable AB” in making decisions on AB’s risk management.

“The Commission found that Constable AB was treated more leniently in the way he was managed by his commanding officer and in the police review of his driving,” the LECC said.

The EU will be sentenced next February.

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