Three police officers engaged in serious misconduct while Indigenous man was in custody, report finds

Lecc found NSW police conducted two interviews with the man in custody despite being informed by his legal representative he did not want to be interviewed. During the interviews, the commission found the man made admissions that turned out to be false. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian

The New South Wales police watchdog has found three police officers engaged in serious misconduct after they refused an Indigenous man his right to silence in custody and fed him false information during an interview.

It comes after the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (Lecc) found last year the force was interviewing young people in custody in a way that compromised their right to silence, and declared it a “systemic problem”.