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A CORRUPT high-ranking policeman who trafficked drug precursor chemicals to the underworld will be out of jail in less than three years after a judge accepted the drug squad detective's insistence that he was motivated by a desire to smash the networks of Melbourne's drug lords.
Wayne Geoffrey Strawhorn has no remorse and is still adamant that he is innocent of trafficking 2kg of pseudoephedrine to slain underworld figure Mark Moran, the Victorian Supreme Court heard.
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Victoria Police have hired pri
VICTORIA'S highly secretive police watchdog has hired private investigators to dig into the affairs of its own employees.
The Office of Police Integrity engaged the firm Julie Baker-Smith and Associates to investigate John Kapetanovski, a highly respected former Victoria Police detective.
The OPI sacked Mr Kapetanovski last year and he has been fighting his dismissal in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, now Fair Work Australia.
It's believed Mr Kapetanovski worked in the OPI's integrity testing area.
The OPI told the commission it had hired the Julie Baker-Smith firm for an "investigation report concerning Mr Kapetanovski".
The firm is run by lawyer Julie Baker-Smith and qualified teacher Katherine Clarkson. Its website claims it's the "pre-eminent investigators of sensitive and complex issues".
It specialises in investigating government employees with clients including the Department of Justice and the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr Kapetanovski's lawyers have been seeking the legal advice given to the OPI after they heard about criticism of the JBSA report.
The OPI successfully argued in May the independent legal advice was privileged, and denied Mr Kapetanovski legal team's attempt to be granted access to it.
Mr Kapetanovski had a long and successful career with Victoria Police before joining the OPI.
He rose to the rank of detective inspector and worked on some of the state's most high-profile crimes, including the 1996 murder of a Bendigo mother, the 1998 car bombing murder of mechanic John Furlan and the extradition from Darwin of Brendan Luke Berichon, the apprentice of the so-called postcard bandit Brendan James Abbott.
A spokesman for the OPI declined to comment.
"We can't make any comment because the matter is still before Fair Work Australia," said spokesman Paul Conroy.
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