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In a bizarre turn of events, Soueid later looked up an incident where he was allegedly assaulted by the accused DV offender.
The fact sheet reads that on January 7, 2023, Soueid accessed an event in relation to an incident at 528 Kent St regarding an assault by [the accused offender] on [Souied] and details of the mans bail breaches.
Saved on Soueids phone were two photos from CCTV regarding the Kent St incident, including one photo of him talking to police with the caption me snitching on you.
Separately to those searches, Soueid was caught repeatedly looking up the details of several other people, named Person 1, Person 23, Person 3 and Person 43.
On January 6, 2023, he looked up information about a person who was involved in a drug supply ring, the fact sheet stated. He made 314 searches in one day about related people and cars, event details and multimedia files.
During one search, he saved two body-worn videos on his phone of a police event and added a caption reading: He likes Great Northern like me. He accessed information including contact details, associates, alias, bail information and charge photos.
Regarding Person 2, Soueid carried out 258 searches within an hour and a half on January 7, 2023.
Police audits first alerted officers to Soueids crimes. Investigators searched his Regents Park home on 18 April 2023 and seized two iPhones.
Comparing the audits with the seized iPhones revealed numerous unauthorised searches by the offender, and dissemination of the material obtained as a result of these unauthorised access, the fact sheet read.
Police confirmed Soueid was suspended with pay on May 2, 2023, until he was fired in November 2023, four months after he was charged.
Soueid initially faced 69 charges relating to the unauthorised access, but many were withdrawn. He pleaded guilty to 10 counts of accessing restricted data held in a computer and was sentenced to 18 months prison to be served in the community via an intensive correction order.
Under the order, he must not commit any offence, be supervised by community corrections and undergo rehabilitation treatment.
Court records show the alleged domestic violence offenders charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, common assault and destroying or damaging property all DV-related were ultimately dismissed. He was separately convicted of high range drink-driving and a non-DV common assault.
If you or anyone you know needs support, call Lifeline on 131 114, beyondblue on 1800 512 348, Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800, or the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service on 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).
