Officers stood aside from roles after Warneke case investigation
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Five police officers have been stood aside from their roles and a further four are "being considered for managerial action" after an internal investigation into the conduct of officers involved in the 2010 Joshua Warneke case.
WA Police announced the outcome of the full internal investigation, ordered in July last year by the Police Commissioner, this afternoon, adding it had been subject to independent oversight by the Corruption and Crime Commission.
The five officers stood aside from their current roles remain on duty.
The announcement was made via press release and said no decision had been made in relation to the outcome of the internal investigation process.
"It remains a matter for the Police Commissioner to consider what further action will follow," the release said.
"At this stage of the internal process, WA Police is not intending to name the officers concerned."
Mr Warneke was killed in the early hours of a February morning in 2010. He had been walking home after a night out with friends and was found bludgeoned to death beside Old Broome Road.
An Aboriginal man from a remote Kimberley community, Gene Gibson, was jailed for 7½ years in October 2014 after admitting he hit Josh on the back of the head with a metal pole. He was tried for manslaughter after a string of police bungles resulted in him pleading guilty to manslaughter rather than face trial for murder.
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