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The police minister says emails containing allegations about Jevon McSkimming's behaviour were kept from him by former commissioner Andrew Coster's office.
Coster is named in a scathing 135-page IPCA report into McSkimming, the former Deputy Police Commissioner, who last week pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.
The report revealed senior police failed to respond to a number of complaints made against McSkimming. When they did refer the matter to the IPCA, Coster attempted to speed up the investigation in what was perceived by some as him trying to protect McSkimming's prospect of becoming the next Commissioner of Police.
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