Lawless. Elements of the NSW Police Force are just lawless. We found out very late today that a senior officer at Strike Force Raptor sent out two police to intimidate a solicitor on his way to court to represent a client in a case against Raptor lecc.nsw.gov.au/news-and-publi…
The police waited outside the solicitor’s home early in the morning then twice stopped his car, issued infringement notices and defects, as he drove to town. He took his car home and caught a taxi. The police followed and stopped the taxi too.
They then waited on the street outside his office before the hearing and followed him to court. He was so shaken he told the magistrate what happened and had the case adjourned. None of this is disputed btw.
As he left the court between five and ten Strike Force Raptor officers were outside and he was so intimidated he went back inside and asked the magistrate if he could exit both the rear door. The magistrate let him. He told his client he better not act for him because of this.
Police then defected his motorcycle the next day (he was riding his bike because his car was off the road due to earlier police action). Did I mention this was all intentional intimidation directed by a senior (now retired apparently) police officer.
End result is no one has been charged with attempting to pervert the course justice, intimidation or anything (other than the solicitor who paid one of the fines). This is seriously lawless behaviour by a number of police acting in concert and it’s close to unbelievable.
We not leave it here I can assure you. Seriously unbelievable.
Quick update on all this - we have had numerous lawyers suggesting significant potential criminal offences ranging from “perverting the course of justice” to contempt of court. We are currently considering an open letter pressing for an interstate police investigation for Monday
We have also been very surprised how little coverage this has had in traditional media. One story in the Daily Mail and otherwise brief and very perfunctory coverage. No broadcast coverage. Nothing to highlight its serious threat to the rule of law.
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