Gary Jubelin: Ex-cop wants ‘full facts’ revealed at illegal recording hearing
An ex-top NSW detective charged over his investigation into William Tyrrell’s disappearance looks forward to having the “full facts” revealed next month as police try to get new evidence aired at his hearing.
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Police want new recordings to be aired in the case against former NSW homicide detective Gary Jubelin, who is fighting allegations of misconduct over his investigation into missing three-year-old William Tyrrell.
The high profile cop quit the force last year during an internal probe into the matter, and has pleaded not guilty to four charges alleging he illegally recorded phone conversations.
Jubelin fronted Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday with a large contingent of supporters, and later said he looks forward to the “full facts” being aired during the five-day hearing next month.
The 57-year-old is accused of failing to get a warrant before recording a chat with Kendall local Paul Savage, who lives in the street where William vanished in September 2014.
Mr Savage will be a witness at the hearing but doesn’t want to give evidence in person, and has requested to testify via video link for medical reasons.
The court heard prosecutors have additional recordings made by Jubelin that aren’t subject to any charges but which they believe prove his tendency to commit the offences he’s accused of.
Crown prosecutor Philip Hogan said he’ll “serve a tendency notice in relation to at least one of those recordings.”
Each of Jubelin’s charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in jail and a $11,000 fine.
“I’ve maintained from the outset that I had a lawful right and operational need to record the conversations,” he said outside court.
“I’m now putting my faith in the court. I’m looking forward to the full facts coming out in the hearing.”
William was wearing a Spiderman suit when he disappeared while playing in his foster grandmother’s garden on Benaroon Drive on the state’s mid north coast.
An inquest into his suspected abduction will resume in March and any evidence already heard in closed court during that probe is likely to be suppressed during Jubelin’s hearing.
It will begin on February 3 but Jubelin’s matter will return to court for mention on January 24.
