Former NSW Premier’s Cop Son Awaits Fate Over False Claims

‘He’ll be terminated and I don’t think that will come as a surprise,' said Defence lawyer Paul McGirr.

A New South Wales Police officer at a crime scene in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 13, 2019. Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

The police-officer son of ex-New South Wales (NSW) Labor premier Kristina Keneally faces a six-week wait to learn if he will be spared jail for making a false statement that led to an activist’s wrongful imprisonment.