Australia, April 27 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 28:
1. On 7 May 2018, an armed and masked offender robbed a Subway fast food outlet (the "Robbery"). The officer in charge ("OIC") of the investigation which followed was Detective Senior Constable Allan ("DSC Allan").
2. On 27 November 2019, DSC Allan charged the plaintiff with the offence of armed robbery. DSC Allan then prosecuted the proceedings until the prosecution was taken over by the Director of Public Prosecutions ("DPP"). Ultimately, following representations made on his behalf by solicitors, the DPP withdrew the charges with which the plaintiff was faced.
3. The plaintiff says that the state of New South Wales is ...