Criminal Groups Squad detectives have charged a solicitor in Granville today for allegedly publishing details of a sexual assault complainant.
Just before 9am on Tuesday, May 14, officers attached to State Crime Command’s Criminal Groups Squad arrested a 31-year-old man at Granville Police Station.
The man was charged with ‘publish details of complainant in prescribed sexual offence’ and granted conditional bail to appear in Parramatta Local Court on Tuesday, June 11.
Police will allege in court the solicitor is a close associate of a high-profile organised crime family from Sydney’s south-west.
Police will further allege the solicitor – when representing a 24-year-old man charged with sexual assault – shared sensitive information about the case with an unrelated third party.
That information included the identity of the sexual assault complainant.
Ellie Busby is a news reporter for Western Sydney Publishing Group. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire and Western Sydney University, she is a journalism Major. Ellie has worked with Universal Media, The Cova Project and for a range of other organisations. In 2024, Ellie was named Young Writer of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.