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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

Extraordinary secrecy surrounds court details of senior NSW police officer charged with drink-driving

Sydney's Downing Centre local court
Cases are usually listed in an online public registry which provides information regarding when and where a matter is to be heard. AB’s case was not listed. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

A high-ranking New South Wales police officer charged with drink-driving offences is scheduled to face a two-day hearing later this year, a Sydney court has been told, amid extraordinary secrecy measures around the matter.

The officer, who can only be referred to as AB under a 40-year court order, allegedly crashed a police car in Sydney’s NorthConnex tunnel after getting drunk at a work function in May 2023.

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