The police officer son of former NSW premier and senator Kristina Keneally has been discovered responsible of fabricating proof that wrongfully put a person in jail.
Daniel Keneally, 25, was convicted within the Downing Centre District Court docket on Tuesday.
Daniel Keneally leaves Downing Centre Native Court docket.Credit score: Louise Kennerley
Keneally wrote an announcement containing many falsehoods and rejected his lawyer’s claims that it was an sincere mistake, Justice of the Peace Rodney Brender discovered.
The offence associated to an incident the place Keneally was just a few hours into an evening shift at Newtown police station when Luke Brett Moore known as in February 2021.
Keneally’s written assertion, which he advised the courtroom he felt pressured to make after speaking to higher-ranking officers, resulted in Moore being arrested and held in custody for 3 weeks.
The activist and founding father of ISuepolice was later launched on bail and the cost dropped, attributable to a recording of the dialog made on his cellphone.
Daniel Keneally pictured along with his mom Kristina Keneally.Credit score: Twitter
The recording, taken with out Keneally’s information, confirmed important discrepancies to what was within the officer’s assertion.
These included Keneally naming a police officer he alleged Moore threatened to kill, which had not occurred.