September 12, 2026 — 7:00pm

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A Victoria police officer has been charged by the state’s corruption watchdog with assaulting and falsely imprisoning a teenager, who is also suing the officer in the state’s Supreme Court.

Constable Mitchell Andrews was charged in July with false imprisonment and common law assault by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission, following an investigation known as Operation Yew.

The alleged victim, Jaimi Cook, who was 17 at the time of his interaction with Andrews, has filed a statement of claim with…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU