Crooked Australian cops wrongfully send man to jail but he loses most of his compensation on a technicality

"Planted" evidence. $60,000 is peanuts for such a gross miscariage of justice

A man awarded $230,000 in damages after being wrongly arrested and charged by police has been stripped of three quarters of his compensation.

Henry Landini already had an extensive criminal history when he was arrested for supplying heroin in 1980.

He was sentenced to 15 years' jail in 1984 but his convicted was quashed after former drugs squad officer Trevor Haken told the police royal commission that officers had planted the drugs in the boot of Mr Landini's car.

Mr Landini launched a damages claim against the state of New South Wales for $1 million.

After a six-year legal battle, he was last year awarded $230,000 in damages.

But the Court of Appeal has today slashed Mr Landini's compensation to $60,000 because the initial amount wrongly took into account events before legislation came into force making the state liable for the actions of the police officers involved.

The court found the damages awarded should have been limited to his wrongful conviction and sentence.

Original report here



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