Qld: Officer accused of intimidating for sex cleared by tribunal

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-2007
Qld: Officer accused of intimidating for sex cleared by tribunal

A Brisbane police officer accused of intimidating a woman to perform oral sex on him
has been cleared by a tribunal.

Constable MARK WILLIAM BIOLETTI has been suspended from his position at the Petrie
police station on Brisbane's northside without pay since 2003.

Two women had alleged he tried to blackmail them for sexual favours .. but all charges
against BIOLETTI were dropped in 2004.

However the Crime and Misconduct Commission insisted the allegations of one woman be
pursued through the Misconduct Tribunal.

Tribunal senior member PAUL FREEBURN SC .. today dismissed the allegations .. saying
the woman's evidence is unreliable.

Despite describing Constable BIOLETTI as not a particularly convincing witness either
.. Mr FREEBURN said the woman's evidence was unreliable and the allegations could not
be proven.

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KEYWORD: BIOLETTI (BRISBANE)

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