COPIES of police statements, including some made by Carl Williams naming former drug squad cop Paul Dale, were found on Matthew Johnson's jail cell computer, the Supreme Court has heard.
In evidence at Johnson's trial for Williams's murder, Sen-Det Mark Oxnam said police investigating Williams's jail death also copied statements of two other people - referred to as Witness A and Witness B - from Johnson's computer.
Sen-Det Oxnam, of the Driver Taskforce, said one of Witness B's statements related to the murder of a man named Mark Mallia.
"There was a second statement from Witness B detailing knowledge of the murders of Jason Moran and Pasquale Barbaro," Sen-Det Oxnam said.
"It had 'defence' watermarked across the statements.
"The third statement was in relation to the murder of Richard Mladenich; the fourth statement was the murder of Mark Moran; the fifth statement, Graham Kinniburgh."
He said other Witness B statements related to a conspiracy to murder Lewis Moran in custody, and Tony Mokbel and drug trafficking.
Sen-Det Oxnam said Witness A's statements included material about the murders of Michael Marshall, Willie Thompson, Victor Peirce and Nik Radev, and also about the drug trafficking activities of Carl and George Williams.
In his opening address, prosecutor Mark Rochford, SC, told the jury they would hear that Johnson "did not like people who gave evidence against others".
"The Crown do not have to prove motive ... but the Crown say there is evidence in this case that suggests Carl Williams was killed by Mr Johnson because he had made statements (to police)," Mr Rochford said.
In evidence this week, prison security and emergency manager Peter Hutchinson agreed consideration was given before Johnson and Williams were placed in the same unit.
Mr Hutchinson was asked if authorities were aware that Johnson did not like "dogs" (a slang term for people who inform to police).
"I'm not aware if that's Matthew Johnson's opinion," Mr Hutchinson replied.
Defence counsel Bill Stuart told the jury Johnson acted in self-defence when he killed Williams with a steel bike pole in Barwon Prison's Acacia Unit 1 on April 19 last year.
The trial before Justice Lex Lasry continues on Monday.
heraldsun.com.au 17 Sep 2011
Yet another example of corrupt police working with criminals.
On Australian prime time television, it was mentioned that in New Zealand, the drug industry is a billion dollar industry.
In Australia, the drug industry is worth approximately $18,000,000,000 annually.
Corrupt police and judges are on the criminal syndicates payrolls.
These criminals within the the legal industry and the police force are supported by both sides. Governments cover up their inadequacies, and protect the corrupt, whilst the drug gangs fund the lawyers.
Any exposing of the corruption leads to not only government persecution, but also results in dire consequences for the whistle blower.
Information is regularly exchanged by corrupt personnel to criminals, at a rate not yet mentioned by the mass media.
In time whistle blowers are killed for their actions, in either mysterious circumstances or suicides in effect closing the matters down, but further corrupt police.
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