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WA policeman guilty of tipping off suspect<\/a> A FORMER policeman has been convicted of trying to tip off a suspected white extremist that his phone calls were being intercepted by police.<\/p>\n A District Court jury took about four hours today to convict Robert David Critchley<\/a>, 43, of attempting to pervert the course of justice.<\/p>\n The former senior constable was supposed to be monitoring calls on January 15, 2010 during a covert police operation into white supremacist groups when he made an anonymous call to Murray Holmes<\/a>, the friend of the operation’s target, Jacob Hort<\/a>.<\/p>\n Critchley cryptically told Mr Holmes he should tell his friend with an “American wife” to get a new SIM card.<\/p>\n During the trial, the prosecution argued that Critchley was sympathetic to the white supremacist group, but the defendant denied the allegations and maintained his innocence.<\/p>\n Critchley was granted bail until his sentencing in February and was ordered to surrender his passport<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\nDecember 2, 2011<\/p>\n