Queensland police accused of 'whitewash' over investigation into shredded rape file

Senior police officer’s inquiry concluded shredding of woman’s statement was ‘a misunderstanding’

Queensland police have ruled the shredding of a young woman’s rape statement was “a misunderstanding”, after an internal investigation conducted by the same detective unit that failed to act on her initial complaint.

The detective who shredded the statement was recorded saying he destroyed the document “in front of my boss”. The internal police inquiry was then carried out by the same detective’s “officer in charge”.

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