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NEWS.com.au - Australia
22 December 2007
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Corrupt cop ordered to repay $
A FORMER senior detective convicted of selling drugs to the underworld will have to repay $68,000 in taxpayer-funded superannuation contributions received after committing the crime.
Wayne Geoffrey Strawhorn, 52, was ordered to repay the money by a Supreme Court judge under Victorian laws that make it possible to strip superannuation benefits from public sector employees convicted of offences involving abuse of office or corruption.
Justice David Habersberger said the $68,000 represented the superannuation contributions provided by Victoria Police between the drug trafficking on May 19, 2000, and Strawhorn's arrest on March 18, 2003.
Strawhorn, a detective senior sergeant in Victoria's disgraced drug squad, was convicted last year of trafficking a commercial quantity of chemicals to the Moran clan, one of the factions involved in Melbourne's gangland war.
He was jailed for a minimum of four years after pleading not guilty and has appealed against the conviction.
Another major trafficking case against Strawhorn, one of the now disbanded drug squad's most senior officers, was abandoned by the state's Director of Public Prosecutions.
The decision by Jeremy Rapke QC came after the publication of a book by disgraced lawyer Andrew Fraser, which contained allegations the DPP thought could have been prejudicial to Strawhorn.
In making the ruling on the superannuation, Justice Habersberger said he was taking into account Strawhorn's 26 years of valuable service, including two official commendations, prior to committing the offence.
He said there was a strong argument that Strawhorn, who was found not guilty during his trial of four other charges, should not have to forfeit superannuation he received prior to the offence.
The repayment of $68,000 would not place Strawhorn under unreasonable financial hardship, because he would be able to immediately cash in $88,574 of his total superannuation savings of $509,572 without having to pay tax, Justice Habersberger said. But he gave Strawhorn 12 months to pay the $68,000.
Justice Habersberger said Strawhorn still owed $38,000 on his family home and was financially supporting his 17-year-old daughter.
Strawhorn has been receiving a temporary disability pension of $50,000 from the emergency service superannuation fund after being diagnosed with depression in September.
Justice Habersberger said a decision would be made in September next year on whether Strawhorn would receive a permanent disability pension.
The crown had argued he should be ordered to forfeit all or at least a substantial part of the contributions made by Victoria police to his superannuation during his career.
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