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Suspect’s phone returned amid Independent Commissioner Against Corruption probe
A corruption suspect in South Australia has won a Supreme Court bid for the return of their seized phone, but the state’s anti-corruption commissioner will have access to an electronic copy of most of its contents, including text messages between the suspect and their lawyers.
Key points:
- The phone belongs to a suspect in a corruption investigation
- It had been seized by the state’s anti-corruption commissioner under a search warrant
- The court ordered hard copies of some messages on the phone be provided to the ICAC
The phone was seized by Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC) investigators under a search warrant.
The suspect’s legal team sought the intervention of the Supreme Court to determine whether the messages in the…
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