Top cop to go to trial

A SENIOR Gold Coast police officer has been committed to stand trial over allegations she lied under oath to Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission.

Superintendent Michelle Stenner will appear before a Brisbane District Court jury at a date to be fixed on three counts of perjury.

But she is no longer accused of helping to arrange a job for the daughter of her boss, Gold Coast Chief Superintendent Terry Borland.

During a brief committal in Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday, crown prosecutor Vicki Loury, QC, said she had no evidence to offer on the single count of misconduct in public office.

Stenner entered a plea of not guilty to the three perjury charges. Defence barrister Jeffrey Hunter, QC, said even though she consented to the matter being committed to trial, that should not lead to any conclusions about the strength of the case against her.

Stenner is accused of lying to the CCC during a hearing on August 4 last year as part of an investigation into the appointment of Amy Borland.