A decorated former detective who lied on his resume to con a local council into paying him almost half a million dollars, before managing to trick Victoria's public watchdog into giving him a job, manages to avoid jail.
A decorated former detective who lied on his resume to con a local council into paying him almost half a million dollars, before managing to trick Victoria's public watchdog into giving him a job, has managed to avoid jail.The sentencing judge said Peter Ravenscroft's lies were "puzzling" given he appeared to be capable of doing the jobs he obtained
In 2007, Ravenscroft moved to Australia from the United Kingdom, where he was a detective constable with the Sussex Police. He also lied about receiving diplomas from the Australian Institute of Management and Brighton University and Guildford University in the United Kingdom.In 2015, Ravenscroft applied for a job as the assistant director of strategic investigations at the Victorian Ombudsman, which is the public sector watchdog.
He told investigators he had acted in some senior police roles while in the United Kingdom and had attended some universities remotely.
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