VIC:Victoria Police timeline

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08-30-2010
VIC:Victoria Police timeline
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Victoria Police timeline:



April 6 2003: Self-proclaimed vampire Shane Chartres-Abbott, on trial for rape, shot
dead by two gunmen.



May 30, 2007: Office of Police Integrity (OPI) launches investigation into claims senior
police figures leaked confidential information about the Chartres-Abbott murder.



September, 2007 - A Victorian detective is linked to the murder of Chartres-Abbott.



September 25, 2007: OPI private hearings call Assistant Commissioner Noel Ashby, police
media director Stephen Linnell and police union secretary Paul Mullett to attend.



November 9, 2007 - Ashby quits force as revelations emerge about his dealings with
the covert investigation into Chartres-Abbott's death.



November 12, 2007 - Linnell resigns after admitting he lied to OPI inquiry.



November 15, 2007 - Mullett is suspended after the head of the OPI inquiry said he
appeared to have interfered in a murder investigation.



July 29, 2008 - Ashby charged with 29 criminal offences, Mullett with five and Linnell 19.


November 5, 2008 - Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon announces she will
not renew her contract when it expires at the end of March 2009.


February 10, 2009 - Nixon is announced as head of the new Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction
and Recovery Authority, three days after the worst bushfires in Australia's history.


March 25, 2009 - Linnell avoids jail with suspended sentence after pleading guilty to
perjury charges.



May 20, 2009 - Mullett committed to stand trial on perjury charges for allegedly lying
to closed police integrity hearings. The charges are later dropped.



Feb 9, 2010 - The perjury case against Ashby is dropped.


April, 2010: Ms Nixon appears at the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission and admits she
left the emergency control centre early on Black Saturday after a briefing on the fatalities
to dine with friends at a pub.


June 16, 2010 - Perjury convictions against Linnell quashed.


July 17, 2010 - Nixon quits as head of the bushfire recovery authority.


August 30, 2010 - Linnell releases excerpts of a book he has written examines his rise
and fall and claiming that Nixon turned down an offer to become Victoria's first female
Governor.



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