Nineb Haroon: No-contact order made for NSW cop accused of accessing restricted data

A NSW police officer accused of accessing restricted data has been ordered not to interfere with prosecution witnesses more than two months after being charged.

Senior constable Nineb Haroon appeared at Fairfield Local Court for the first time on May 21, 2025. Picture: Fairfield Advance

A NSW police officer accused of accessing restricted data has been ordered not to interfere with prosecution witnesses more than two months after being charged.

Senior Constable Nineb Haroon, who is currently a serving member of the NSW Police Force, was charged in March with five counts of accessing restricted data on internal NSW Police systems following an investigation into data leaked to a criminal network.

It is not alleged Haroon passed information to any criminal networks.

On Wednesday, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) lodged a detention application to impose strict bail conditions, citing the risk of Haroon interfering with prosecution witnesses or evidence, or the commission of further offending.

The application comes more than two months after Haroon was initially charged, during which Haroon was at liberty on a “non-bail status”.

Haroon is accused of accessing restricted NSW Police data without authorisation. Picture: Fairfield Advance

The DPP prosecutor said police would be seeking a non-contact order requiring Haroon to abstain from contacting police witnesses, especially Nathan Jamou.

Documents tendered to court allege on December 30, 2022 at Liverpool, Haroon used internal police systems to access the custody management details of Jamou without authorisation to do so.

The documents further allege Haroon accessed, on separate occasion that same year, internal police data regarding people charged over a fatal brawl outside the Oxford Hotel.

Jamou is currently in police custody and before the courts for unrelated matters, the court was told.

Haroon, represented by solicitor Ian Granter of Cardillo Gray Partners, opposed the application.

Haroon’s matter was mentioned at Fairfield Local Court on Wednesday May 21, 2025.

Granter attempted to block the application by claiming that the police documents – including the fact sheet detailing the allegations and Haroon’s criminal history – should be considered “hearsay” and “prejudiced” and therefore not tendered to the court.

Fact sheets and a person’s criminal history are regularly tendered to the court, especially to determine bail applications.

Mr Granter told the court that he could not “determine whether (the documents) are trustworthy”.

Mr Granter told the court his client was “already aware of his obligations” as a current member of the NSW Police Force to not contact witnesses, and was under the supervision of his managing officer.

Mr Granter added that with Jamou in police custody, all forms of contact were already monitored.

However the DPP submitted it was not an appropriate use of police resources to monitor every interaction to ensure Haroon did not contact the witness.

Magistrate Jason Ong rejected the claims, saying he wasn’t satisfied Mr Granter had proven the documents were “hearsay” or “prejudicial”.

Magistrate Ong granted the detention application and adjourned the matter.

Originally published as Nineb Haroon: No-contact order made for NSW cop accused of accessing restricted data