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Tara Cosoleto

Officer awarded compo after wrongful child abuse arrest

A police officer has been awarded $85,000 after she was wrongly accused of child sexual abuse. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

Victorian detectives wrongfully arrested an officer on child abuse allegations because they mistook an intimate photo of her ex-husband for a 10-year-old boy.

The woman, who can't be legally identified, was arrested on February 4, 2019, after police discovered the photo as part of their investigation into her former spouse.

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