A Brisbane woman has recently been alerted that Queensland police have destroyed evidence from her alleged rape two decades after the incident occurred, in a direct violation of the state’s new Human Rights Act.
Queensland Women’s Legal Service lawyer, Julie Sarkozi, has stated that this destruction of evidence without the victim’s knowledge or consent is “not only concerning legally” but “a clear breach of Section 25 of the Human Rights Act.”
Queensland police have denied any breach of the Act took place, but have refused to comment “on the specifics of the victim’s matter as it is an ongoing investigation”.