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Officers ‘breached right to silence’ in botched arrest

Officers ‘breached right to silence’ in botched arrest

Police officers lacked common sense and basic respect for fairness by continuing to interview an Indigenous man trying to exercise a right to silence, a watchdog says.

The three officers face possible demotion after their arrest and questioning of the 29-year-old with intellectual limitations was criticised by a NSW judge, public prosecutors and the state’s police watchdog.



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