Drug-dealing, rapping former SA Police officer Hayley May Greenwood fined for corruption, career as sex worker revealed
A FORMER police officer who recorded rap videos and led a double life as a drug dealer has been fined for her corrupt acts — and her third life, as a prostitute, can now be revealed.
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A FORMER police officer who recorded rap videos and led a double life as a drug dealer has been fined for her corrupt acts — and her third life, as a prostitute, can now be revealed.
On Friday, the Adelaide Magistrates Court convicted Hayley May Greenwood of failing to act honestly as a public sector employee.
Greenwood, who is already serving a jail term, had sought mercy for failing to tell her patrol partner that a suspect under their investigation was an associate of her drug-dealing partner.
Magistrate Brett Dixon said excusing Greenwood’s conduct in any way — including sparing her a conviction — would be grossly inappropriate.
“A conviction is a form of punishment and serves as a manner of communicating the public’s condemnation to others who may offend in a similar way,” he told Greenwood.
“You have been marked for this offence, and the public has the right to know you have been marked.
“The public also has the right to demand the utmost honesty and integrity from its law enforcement officers ... you have undermined the esteem in which they are held.”
Mr Dixon also granted The Advertiser’s application to lift a longstanding suppression on the case, banning publication of Greenwood’s third life.
In addition to working as a police officer and a drug dealer, she moonlighted as a prostitute called “Chase” at a brothel in Findon.
Greenwood’s alias and photos featured on the brothel’s social media accounts, all of which came to light after she left her handbag — full of drug paraphernalia — on a CBD street.
Her sex work career was revealed by the Sunday Mail in January 2016, prompting Greenwood to seek the suppression order, claiming it was only an allegation.
However, while asking for leniency during sentencing submissions last month, Greenwood’s lawyers confirmed she had worked as a prostitute.
Greenwood, 28, of Hackham, was arrested in 2015 by a joint SA Police/ICAC investigation called “Operation Calypso”.
She responded to her arrest with a YouTube video called “Sky High” in which she spoke of being “a superhero” and “wearing a disguise” like Batman.
Her prosecution was long and torturous, delayed by her unfounded, baseless claims she needed anonymity because she was the target of bikie gang retribution.
Greenwood eventually pleaded guilty to failing to act honestly between May 8 and May 12, 2015.
Subsequently, she further admitted she had been dealing in more than 6.6g of methylamphetamine and $1000 cash, while a police officer, between May and August 2015.
Greenwood is currently serving a 4 ½ year sentence with an 18-month non-parole.
On Friday, Mr Dixon said he would have released Greenwood on a two-year, $500 good behaviour bond had she not already been jailed.
Joseph Henderson, for Greenwood, conceded the court could not impose a bond on a person in custody and asked she instead receive “a modest fine”.
Mr Dixon said the fine “would not be modest”.
“The mere risk that a police officer might be biased in the course of their duties must be deterred,” he said.
“A modest fine, and recording no conviction, would send the wrong message to the community.”
He imposed a fine of $2100.
The Advertiser understands Greenwood has lodged an appeal against her jail term.
The original story: January 24, 2016
POLICE officer Hayley May Greenwood was working as a prostitute named “Chase” while still on duty and had turned a blind eye to a suspect with ties to her drug dealer before she was suspended from the force, court documents allege.
The Sunday Mail can today reveal the full extent of the allegations laid against Greenwood as part of an internal SA Police investigation dubbed “Operation Calypso”.
The allegations are being challenged by Greenwood and have not yet been tested by the court.
Documents released by the Adelaide Magistrates Court accuse Greenwood of working for the iKandy brothel, in Findon, and featuring on its website and Twitter account.
Central to the case are text messages on an iPhone that was found, along with a handbag and drug paraphernalia, on Gouger St last June.
In her witness statement, Detective Brevet Sergeant Alison Klingberg said the phone was also used to take a photo of Greenwood posted online, by iKandy, as “our gorgeous Chase”.
“The nature of (the) text messages ... confirmed suspicions that she was employed as a prostitute at iKandy under the alias ‘Chase’,” she said.
“When police attended iKandy, Greenwood was spoken to inside the brothel ... she was wearing a dressing gown, clothing that is typical of ‘working girls’.
“She presented her photographic driver’s licence for identification and informed police she worked under the alias ‘Chase’.”
Greenwood, 25, was arrested in August last year and charged with abuse of public office, trafficking a controlled drug, aggravated theft and possessing a prohibited item. She sought to have her identity suppressed, claiming publicity would make her a target of the infamous Rock Machine outlaw gang, which had been sighted in Adelaide.
Her bid for anonymity failed when police prosecutors successfully argued the fears she expressed “had no substance to them”.
The Sunday Mail subsequently revealed Greenwood had posted a rap video to YouTube about her suspension, in which she’d compared herself to Batman.
Declarations filed with the court and released to the Sunday Mail reveal that investigations into Greenwood’s conduct began on April 30 last year.
Detective Brevet Sergeant Klingberg said police believed Greenwood had abused public office in her handling of an alleged home invasion.
She said it would be asserted that one of the suspects in that incident was an associate of a man with whom Greenwood discussed drugs and drug use via SMS messages on her phone.
On June 6, a handbag, phone and drug items alleged to have belonged to Greenwood were found on Gouger St, several hours after the officer had been “ejected” from the Mars Bar nightclub.
Detective Brevet Sergeant Klingberg said lingerie photos and messages on the phone were consistent with Greenwood’s employment at iKandy.
He added: “(The brothel) advertises ‘adult services’ at a cost of $100 for 20 minutes, $130 for 30 minutes, $170 for 45 minutes and $220 for an hour.
“Chase is described as a stunning athletic blonde, 23 years old, slim size 8, C cup bust, 5’ 7” tall, shoulder-length blonde hair and green eyes.
“A check of the website reveals Chase worked (at iKandy) on June 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 25, 26 and July 13, 16, 20, 22 and 27 (2015).”
Detective Brevet Sergeant Klingberg said Chase’s face was not visible on iKandy’s Twitter account but her lingerie matched items which police will say were found, under a search warrant, in Greenwood’s home.
“Chase also appears on iKandy’s website ... her face is visible in one (photo) and is recognisable as Greenwood,” she said.
Greenwood will next face court in March following forensic analysis of press seals of plastic bags alleged to have been in her possession.
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