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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose and Catie McLeod

Rapist officer’s tenure at NSW women’s prison extended by governor despite ‘serious allegations’ from inmates

Former prison guard Wayne Astill outside the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney
An inquiry has heard that former prison guard Wayne Astill had his tenure extended before being convicted of rape. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The governor of a women’s prison where senior correctional officer Wayne Astill raped a number of inmates extended his tenure in the role even after she was made aware of “serious allegations” by inmates that she said she believed.

Appearing before the special commission of inquiry into what staff and prison management knew about Astill’s offending, the Dillwynia governor, Shari Martin, could not explain why she had made that decision.

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