Posted on 07/23/2009 6:15:11 PM PDT by myknowledge
A CONVICTED murderer at the centre of Queensland's biggest police corruption scandal in 20 years had a personal locker in the Rockhampton police station.
Lee Owen Henderson, a career criminal and discredited police informant, kept an extensive wardrobe of clothes, personal items and a false birth certificate in locker 46. The locker affectionately bore Henderson's nickname "The General", and highlights the close and alleged improper relationship detectives had with him.
A damning Crime and Misconduct Commission report released on Wednesday details the special treatment Henderson received in return for information, including trips outside jail.
The report has implicated 25 police officers, some ranked as high as inspector, in multiple allegations of misconduct.
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Lee Owen Henderson, a career criminal and discredited police informant, kept an extensive wardrobe of clothes, personal items and a false birth certificate in locker 46. The locker affectionately bore Henderson's nickname "The General", and highlights the close and alleged improper relationship detectives had with him.
That's something I would have wanted if I were a criminal.
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