WA Corruption and Crime Commission report finds Cameron Blaine shared sensitive case details with 22-year-old woman
Former Det Snr Sgt Cameron Blaine resigned from the police force on Wednesday ahead of the release of the WA Corruption and Crime Commission report.Former Det Snr Sgt Cameron Blaine resigned from the police force on Wednesday ahead of the release of the WA Corruption and Crime Commission report.One of the detectives who rescued kidnapped girl Cleo Smith leaked sensitive information about the case to a young journalist he was in a relationship with, a corruption watchdog has found.
“During journalists and reporters for both print and electronic media were lodged in motels and other places in Carnarvon, as were police members of each socialised together on occasion,” the report said.The report said the pair then continued an intimate relationship until February 2022, when Blaine leaked sensitive information about the investigation into Cleo Smith’s abduction.
The watchdog found he released the information for his own benefit in maintaining a relationship with her. It also found he had previously leaked other information about investigations to journalists. The watchdog’s report said that in Blaine’s written response he “takes issue with many of the Commission’s preliminary findings”. Blaine denied the existence of an intimate relationship with the journalist, who he accused of giving “false evidence” against him, the watchdog said.
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