Police 'degraded man in custody with ->-bleeped-<- taunt'
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24468068-5006009,00.html10/9/2008
WHEN constable Tyrone Stacey heard that a man in custody, Garrick
Jacobson, was romantically involved with a woman known by police to be
transgender, he assumed Jacobson was aware his girlfriend used to be
male, a court heard yesterday.
"Oh, you mean the ->-bleeped-<-?" Stacey asked after Jacobson said his
girlfriend's name was Brigitte Fell.
But Jacobson was confused.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
This was the crucial moment on September 24, 2006, when Stacey
realised he had made "a genuine and honest mistake" in divulging
personal information about Ms Fell to her lover of three weeks,
barrister Joe Klarica told Downing Centre Local Court.
