CCC put words in witness statement in ex-health chief’s nepotism case

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CCC put words in witness statement in ex-health chief’s nepotism case
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The Crime and Corruption Commission allege Malcolm Stamp used his position at Queensland Health to get his daughter a job in 2014.

The state’s corruption watchdog added words into the statement of a witness who was threatened with jail time if he did not give damning evidence against a former colleague.

Former Queensland Health Metro North Hospital and Health Service chief executive Malcolm Frederick Stamp, 69, is accused of using his position to get his daughter a job in 2014.Stamp was suspended from Queensland Health in September 2014, and he was sacked the following year, as a result of a Crime and Corruption Commission investigation.

Stamp had been living in the United Kingdom but flew back to Australia to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court, four years after a warrant was issued for his arrest.He is facing a committal hearing on three charges – corruptly soliciting valuable consideration to influence favour, fraud, and falsifying records.

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