Georgie Dickerson had pleaded not guilty to allegations she told a service station supervisor she was from NT Police in order to obtain CCTV footage for a news story.
A judge has dismissed charges against a Nine News reporter accused of impersonating a police officer, and has ordered the costs of the court battle to be covered by police.The service station worker maintains Ms Dickerson said she was from NT PoliceDarwin reporter Georgie Dickerson, 26, pleaded not guilty to the charges, with the prosecution alleging she told a service station supervisor that she was from NT Police in order to obtain CCTV footage of a citizen's arrest the night before.
On Friday, the court was shown text messages between Ms Dickerson and Channel Nine camera operator Emily Plester from the day in question."F*** yeah, should I bring a camera in?" Ms Plester replied. While he was there, now-retired NT Police officer Wayne Tilly showed up in uniform to get a copy of the footage legally, today telling the court he was informed "someone else had told staff they were a police officer" to get the footage, sparking the investigation.In closing submissions, crown prosecutor Tamara Grealy told the court the service station worker's evidence was "critical" to their case.
"In the crown's submission, it's not a far cry for somebody who is thorough and keen and willing to get to the bottom of something, to use my friend's phrase, to tell a silly little lie to get a story."CCTV footage between a service station attendant and Nine News Darwin's senior crime reporter, Georgie Dickerson, has been played to the court.
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