AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2005
WA: Govt to seek second opinion over disgraced corruption boss
The West Australian government is seeking a second opinion on whether criminal charges
can be brought against an anti-corruption commissioner who resigned after tipping off
a suspect in an investigation.
Lawyer MOIRA RAYNER, the acting commissioner of WA's Corruption and Crime Commission,
stepped down after admitting she warned the former clerk of the WA Parliament LAURIE MARQUET
not to talk on the phone because it was probably being bugged.
She resigned from her position on August the 16th after admitting she'd compromised
herself during a visit to the gravely-ill Mr MARQUET at a Perth hospice.
58-year-old Mr MARQUET, formerly one of WA's top public servants, is facing 55 counts
of corruption and theft involving $227,000 of taxpayers' money.
WA attorney-general JIM McGINTY says Ms RAYNER's actions were unconscionable and she
should be prosecuted if there's been criminal behaviour.
But he says Mr McCUSKER hasn't found a criminal charge that should be laid and prosecuted.
Mr McGINTY says he'll seek a second opinion from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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KEYWORD: RAYNER MCGINTY (PERTH)
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