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A District Court judge previously lashed the former police officer charged with perjury over NRL star Jack de Belin's court case, saying he should have been benched.
New South Wales Police have confirmed that a former police officer has been charged with perjury following an extensive investigation into a sexual assault case heard in the Wollongong District Court in February 2020.
The Wollongong cop, Detective Senior Constable Shawn Adams, has been charged over evidence he gave during de Belin's sexual assault court proceedings.
Detective Senior Constable Adams was strongly criticised by Judge Andrew Haesler for his conduct in the investigation at the time.
Judge Haesler said Detective Adams acted with 'reckless disregard' for accessing information which he was not entitled to view and should have 'benched' himself from the investigation into the alleged rape of a then 19-year-old Wollongong woman.
The Wollongong trial ended in a hung jury, and at a second trial in Sydney a jury found both de Belin and co-accused Callan Sinclair not
