A retired WA police officer with more than 40 years' service, who was a friend of ex-commissioner Karl O'Callaghan, is behind bars for sexually abusing three boys — offences he only admitted after two trials and an appeal.
The former commissioner was one of the people who provided a reference for Garry Edward Burton, 65, who abused the boys, aged 11, 12 and 16, over more than a decade — between 2003 and 2014.
