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A senior Queensland police detective senior sergeant faces potential dismissal from his position due to allegations of non-consensual rough sex with two women in separate incidents that occurred in 2016 and 2018. Despite the lack of sufficient evidence for criminal prosecution, a tribunal hearing found that the officer's behavior was disgraceful and improper, potentially warranting termination based on misconduct rather than criminal charges. The officer admitted to engaging in these acts but claimed they were consensual, while the women reported being drugged and subjected to violent and demeaning sexual encounters.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-12,
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Story summary
In 2020, the Crime and Corruption Commission and police investigated allegations against a senior Queensland Police Service detective senior sergeant. Two women claimed he had non-consensual rough sex with them on separate occasions in 2016 and 2018 after allegedly spiking their drinks. The officer did not deny the incidents but argued that the encounters were consensual and his intoxication was "mid-range." In contrast, the women recalled being forcibly compelled to engage and suggested they might have been drugged.
During a hearing at the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT), it emerged that one woman alleged the officer had restrained her with zip ties and poured a red substance over her while she was restrained. Another incident involved the officer slapping her during an encounter when both were drunk. The QCAT member noted inconsistencies in the officer's account, suggesting forced sex from the women’s perspective.
While criminal charges could not be substantiated due to lack of evidence, the police force may still decide to sack him based on internal disciplinary proceedings.
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A senior Queensland police officer could be sacked over claims he had non-consensual rough sex with two women, but will not be prosecuted over the allegations.
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he → sack → allegations
It was alleged the detective senior sergeant spiked the women’s drinks before engaging in extreme sex, though a criminal investigation found there was not enough evidence for him to be charged.
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him → allege → sex
The details of the incidents came to light during a Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing over the Queensland Police Service sanction against the officer.
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The women, who met the officer at a gym where he was an instructor, had reported the incidents to the Crime and Corruption Commission, and then the police in 2020, after they realised they had had similar experiences in 2016 and 2018.
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they → meet → 2016
The first woman told police the officer had watched her in a public bathroom and attempted to have sex with her at her home, and then slapped her while they were drunk.
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Another time, he had rough sex with her in a public shower at a camping ground.
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he → have → ground
On another occasion, he used zip ties and rope to restrain her during sex, and poured a red substance over her while restrained.
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he → use → her
The second woman said she was plied with alcohol, slapped in the face multiple times, engaged in rough and demeaning sex, and was restrained with bondage materials during sex.
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she → say → sex
The officer did not deny the events happened, but believed the sex was consensual, and the intoxication was “mid-range”, QCAT Member Richard Oliver said.
“On the females’ recollection, it was forced upon them and there is even an inference that they were drugged,” he said.
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he → deny → them
Following an investigation by the QPS Ethical Standards Command, Assistant Commissioner Maurice Carless decided the officer should be dismissed for misconduct in February 2022.
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The officer called for a review of the misconduct finding, which relied heavily on the fact the investigation had not found the sex was non-consensual.
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sex → call → fact
Oliver said it was not disputed the alleged misconduct occurred during the officer’s private time, and it was not alleged that he used police resources to commit any alleged crimes.
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he → say → crimes
“The only relevant feature of the factual circumstances, in relation to each of the females involved, is that they knew the applicant was a police officer,” he said.
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he → involve → females
Under this reading, the only important matters were whether his actions were disgraceful, improper or unbecoming of an officer, showed unfitness to be an officer, or did not meet the standards expected of an officer, Oliver said.
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Oliver → show → officer
Oliver said while there was little evidence the officer used his position to groom the women or build trust, he still acted in a way that was “disgraceful and improper and crossed the line to render it misconduct”.
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it → say → line
The matter will return to the tribunal to hear material on the severity of the sanction after the appeals process runs out on November 1.
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process → return → November
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