A former senior police officer who lied to the court ahead of the rape trial of Dragons player Jack de Belin has been handed a jail sentence.

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The man, who can only be named using the pseudonym Officer A, pleaded guilty in February to one count of perjury in relation to evidence he gave a pre-trial hearing in 2020.

He returned to Wollongong District Court on Friday for sentencing, where Judge Christine Mendes imposed a term of imprisonment of one year.

However, Judge Mendes ruled that Officer A could serve his sentenc

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