Police 'spy' gets community service

Wednesday 08 September 2010

A former policeman who passed on information from Dutch police files to the Moroccan embassy has been sentenced to 240 hours community service by a court in The Hague.

The court said Ré L broke civil service confidentiality rules but had not handed over state secrets so cannot be considered a spy.

However, he did pass on information about Moroccan nationals thought to have connections to weapons trading and terrorism, the court said. There is no evidence money changed hands.

The case came to light in 2008 after a tip-off and led to a diplomatic row between the two countries.

L, who claims he was pressurised by the Moroccan authorities to hand over police files, now works as a builder, news agency ANP said.

© DutchNews.nl

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