Corrupt underworld cop gets 7yrs in prison

A former Melbourne drug squad detective,once regarded as one the states most respected and highly decorated officers,has been jailed for a maximum of 7 years today in court for trafficking drugs to gangsters and an outlaw motorcycle gang. Former Det Sgt Wayne Strawhorn was sentenced over his role in using an informer to sell 2 kilo's of drug chemical psudoephedrine to murdered gangland figure Mark Moran. Though its not mentioned in the report,Strawhorn also made another deal using an informer to traffick more of the chemicals to a drug cook for the Bandidos bike gang. Straworn still maintains his innocence over the charges,and has always denied being involved in the drug deals.