Police then wrote to Thai’s solicitors in April to inform her that Symes was below investigation by the police’s inside integrity unit, and that they believed Symes had manipulated the DNA end result tying Thai to the crime.
Supreme Courtroom paperwork filed this week declare that the DNA proof was integral to the fees being introduced towards Thai, because it linked her to latex gloves police recovered from a property in Cairnlea, that had been used for dealing with the medication, and to plastic baggage that had been allegedly blended with Elkadi.
The handwriting doc additionally linked Thai to envelopes and monitoring labels used to move medication. Thai’s Supreme Courtroom lawsuit alleges that Symes manipulated a duplicate of an apparently professional doc written by Feilso to create the DNA report that incriminated Thai.
On the identical day that Symes was arrested, the fees towards Thai had been withdrawn. Thai served at some point in custody earlier than being granted bail.
The court docket paperwork lodged by Thai’s legal professionals declare that Symes breached his responsibility to her with “malice and intent to injure” and that “the manipulation of proof was an outrageous, egregious and prison act that itself was liable to prison prosecution”.
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“The manipulation of proof is conduct which is so egregious and offensive that it’s able to casting doubt over the reliability of the prison justice system itself,” the paperwork say.
Additionally they declare it’s a uncommon state of affairs the place deterrence ought to be thought-about within the awarding of damages, with Thai looking for exemplary damages – a type of punishment the court docket can subject that’s designed to discourage malicious behaviour or conduct.
“The conduct of Symes was disgraceful and prison and constituted a contumelious disregard of [Thai’s] rights of the very best order,” the court docket paperwork allege.
Legal professionals for Elkhadi – who pleaded responsible – are now contemplating an attraction on unrelated grounds after he was jailed for at least seven years and 4 months for his position within the worldwide drug ring.
Elkhadi was accused of promoting medication by way of the darkish net and sending them to prospects within the put up, concealing them inside objects together with youngsters’s toys.
Elkhadi’s offending, which occurred over six months in 2019 whereas he was employed as a full-time occupational well being and security officer, resulted in him netting greater than $260,000 because the Australian arm of the operation.
Victoria Police declined to remark whereas Thai’s matter was earlier than the courts. Legal professionals representing Symes have been contacted for remark.
With Erin Pearson