Qld: Police officers face court over sex allegations

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2006
Qld: Police officers face court over sex allegations

Two Queensland police officers are due in Maroochydore Magistrates Court today .. charged
with raping female prisoners at a watchhouse.

Other charges against them include sexual assault and deprivation of liberty.

Police allege the officers gave cigarettes to three females in custody at the watchhouse
and allowed them out of the cells in return for sexual favours.

The incidents allegedly happened between January and December last year.

The charges were laid in July as a result of an eight-month investigation by the police
Ethical Standards Command.

The officers have been suspended from duties.

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