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Bruce Lehrmann and his former media minder John Macgowan have been raided by the Nationwide Anti-Corruption Fee (NACC) over an ‘insane conspiracy principle’ in regards to the alleged leak of high secret paperwork.
Day by day Mail Australia understands that the previous Liberal staffer’s momentary interstate residence was raided in June.
The NACC have been investigating rumours Lehrmann stole paperwork regarding Australia’s now defunct submarine take care of France between March and April 2019, across the identical time he’s accused of raping Brittany Higgins.
He’s accused of then passing on the top-secret paperwork to Mr Macgowan for him to promote.
Lehrmann’s lawyer Zali Burrow mentioned: ‘The submarine spy video games principle seems to be one other character assassination try in opposition to Bruce.
‘The raid ended up merely being only a cosy evening out with the officers and Bruce.
‘The NACC purchased a spherical of pizzas while they sat by the fireside watching the State of Origin.’
The information comes after Mr Macgowan claimed as much as 20 NACC officers raided his girlfriend’s house in Earlwood, west Sydney, in June.
The properties of Bruce Lehrmann (proper) and his former media minder John Macgowan (left) have been raided by the Nationwide Anti-Corruption Fee
The NACC is investigating claims Mr Lehrmann (pictured) stole paperwork about Australia’s defunct submarine take care of France
The squad reportedly included a sniffer canine, two uniformed New South Wales Law enforcement officials to safe the home and an Australian Federal Police officer.
Mr Macgowan believes the ‘conspiracy’ about Mr Lehrmann stealing the paperwork stemmed from a joke he made throughout an interview, which he did not realise was being recorded.
He mentioned ‘paperwork, telephones, something they may get their fingers on’ was seized in the course of the raid.
‘The one factor they didn’t raid was my snake tank,’ Mr Macgowan informed Information.com.au.
Mr Macgowan mentioned officers used ‘paper’ sniffer canines in an try to seek out the paperwork and went so far as to raid his girlfriend’s underwear drawer.
Now he desires the NACC to return his three seized cell phones and laptop computer after finishing a voluntary interview.
‘You have to talk with folks about when the investigation is over. I’m simply sitting right here pondering, “when is the following raid coming?”,’ he mentioned.
‘I volunteered to do an interview. There’s zero reality to it. It was a made up story promoted by the conspiracy theorists on Twitter.’
The search warrant for Mr Macgowan’s house said it was primarily based on ‘cheap grounds for suspecting that they are going to afford proof of that alleged offence.’
Mr Macgowan believes the ‘conspiracy’ about Mr Lehrmann stealing the submarine paperwork stemmed from a joke he made throughout an interview
Mr Macgowan (pictured with Mr Lehrmann) mentioned officers used ‘paper’ sniffer canines in an try to seek out the paperwork
The Nationwide Anti-Corruption Watchdog has additionally seized communications between Mr Macgowan and Information.com.au in January 2023 when he offered the outlet with a duplicate of the Moller report.
The Moller report is a doc associated to the investigation into Ms Higgins’ alleged rape.
It was initially ready for inner police functions to determine whether or not the fees needs to be pursued.
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