A former police officer has faced court after being charged with sexually touching a then colleague without her consent as she sat at a desk at Sunshine police station.
Former senior constable Mohamed Saleh was charged in March after his alleged victim publicly slammed Victoria Police’s handling of the case, and accused investigators of pressuring her to withdraw her complaint.Saleh appeared in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday to face one count of sexual touching without consent for allegedly exposing his penis to the woman, who was an unsworn intelligence officer, in December 2020.
that she had been warned by two sergeants handling the investigation that her own conduct would be brought into question if she proceeded with the complaint. “[A detective sergeant] stated that he [the senior constable] was less likely to take it personally if she did not pursue criminal charges and that also, not pursuing criminal charges would be in the interest of the reputation of Victoria Police,” the VCAT documents say.in November last year that she was deeply traumatised by the alleged incident. She said the force’s handling of an internal inquiry had exacerbated her mental health condition.
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