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NL: Cop claims entrapment in police data leak arrest

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Dissent

Janene Pieters reports:

The trial against former police officer Mark M., suspected of selling police information to criminals, was delayed until at least December so that other witnesses can be questioned. In court on Tuesday M. said that he searched the police database as a “hobby”, though refused to explain how the data he searched for ended up in criminal hands. He also claims that the police lured him into a trap when he was arrested, the Volkskrant reports.

Read more on NL Times.


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