Singleton gives evidence in gap murder trial - November 30, 2009
(ABC News) The former head of the NSW Police Force's crime intelligence unit has been convicted of eight counts of criminal negligence and one count of wounding after he ordered a gap murder case to be dropped because it did not fit into his schedule. A three-month trial in the NSW Supreme Court heard how Detective Superintendent David Campbell handed out "code word" orders without any evidence to support them. Mr Campbell also directed an assistant police officer to dismiss an initial police report because he thought it was about to be withdrawn. He was not found guilty of any wrongdoing. But Detective Superintendent David Campbell was found guilty of eight counts of criminal negligence at the end of a three-month trial in NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday. Photo: Supplied Mr Campbell was a senior police officer, and the assistant police officer was an assistant police sergeant. Under state law, which has never before been used, he can only be disciplined for criminal negligence if it results in an individual becoming a victim of a crime. But his colleagues say he should have known there was no good reason for him to issue the code-word orders. "The key thing to take away from the verdict is it's very clear that he should have known what the evidence was for it not to be dropped," Assistant Commissioner Chris McIvor said. "It's clear he shouldn't have asked that special assistant sergeant to call in the special police officer and we should have been prepared to call the police and say let's put these codes on him and see what happens." Professor Geoffrey Watson of the Law School at the University of Sydney says Mr Campbell's conduct was not in any way improper or inappropriate. Photo: AP
"He's no hero," he said. "He is merely acting out the way that he does as an officer of the law." He told the court he never authorised the use of the codes, and it was not recommended that he was disciplined. The court heard that a gap case had been presented at a meeting in January 2000, before the sergeant became available, between Mr Campbell and the Deputy Chief of Police, David Tippett. "The code was going to be dropped, <but> it was not until January 11, 2001, when the sergeant was called in that the code was dropped," the court heard. As Mr Campbell was handing out his code word, Deputy Chief Tippett called for him to be dismissed. The sergeant, who had been assigned by Mr Tippett to investigate a number of suspected criminal deaths, told him he did not have the power to recommend Mr Tippett not to lay charges.
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Singleton gives evidence in gap murder trial - November 30, 2009
(ABC News) The former head of the NSW Police Force's crime intelligence unit has been convicted of eight counts of criminal negligence and one count of wounding after he ordered a gap murder case to be dropped because it did not fit into his schedule. A three-month trial in the NSW Supreme Court heard how Detective Superintendent David Campbell handed out "code word" orders without any evidence to support them. Mr Campbell also directed an assistant police officer to dismiss an initial police report because he thought it was about to be withdrawn. He was not found guilty of any wrongdoing. But Detective Superintendent David Campbell was found guilty of eight counts of criminal negligence at the end of a three-month trial in NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday. Photo: Supplied Mr Campbell was a senior police officer, and the assistant police officer was an assistant police sergeant. Under state law, which has never before been used, he can only be disciplined for criminal negligence if it results in an individual becoming a victim of a crime. But his colleagues say he should have known there was no good reason for him to issue the code-word orders. "The key thing to take away from the verdict is it's very clear that he should have known what the evidence was for it not to be dropped," Assistant Commissioner Chris McIvor said. "It's clear he shouldn't have asked that special assistant sergeant to call in the special police officer and we should have been prepared to call the police and say let's put these codes on him and see what happens." Professor Geoffrey Watson of the Law School at the University of Sydney says Mr Campbell's conduct was not in any way improper or inappropriate. Photo: AP
"He's no hero," he said. "He is merely acting out the way that he does as an officer of the law." He told the court he never authorised the use of the codes, and it was not recommended that he was disciplined. The court heard that a gap case had been presented at a meeting in January 2000, before the sergeant became available, between Mr Campbell and the Deputy Chief of Police, David Tippett. "The code was going to be dropped, <but> it was not until January 11, 2001, when the sergeant was called in that the code was dropped," the court heard. As Mr Campbell was handing out his code word, Deputy Chief Tippett called for him to be dismissed. The sergeant, who had been assigned by Mr Tippett to investigate a number of suspected criminal deaths, told him he did not have the power to recommend Mr Tippett not to lay charges.
In a written apology to the victim of the gap, Mr Tippett said "that code word did not come from the appropriate source." A later meeting i
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