In 2020, Detective Inspector Damien Hansen partially suppressed an internal investigation into the infamous firebombing of the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Fortitude Valley almost 50 years ago.
Sergeant Gray said Inspector Hanson told her “that sort of material should not be included in a report from the police ... and that we would leave that to the journalists and police haters”.The inquest obtained the full report with the 23 pages, and the shorter report – which was initially kept secret.
It is highly critical of the original investigation into the firebombing, one of Queensland’s most infamous crimes. “It has also been alleged that these [other] parties were effectively protected from prosecution for their role in the arson murders and in the subsequent related murder of Barbara McCulkin and her two daughters.“This protection being in the form of either deliberate decisions to protect these other offenders or as an unintentional result of the investigative approach used to ensure the timely arrest and conviction of Finch and Stuart.
“However, there is little or no reference to the investigation addressing these lines of inquiry other than to obtain statements from these parties who claim no interest in Brisbane clubs or knowledge of or involvement in Stuart’s extortion claims.The inquest has been told Inspector Hansen specified to Sergeant Gray he particularly did not want to refer to Finch’s claims that his confession was fabricated.
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