Bruce Lehrmann investigator Trent Madders charged with perjury, concealing evidence, in unrelated case

Detective Leading Senior Constable Trent Madders has been suspended from duty in light of the allegations. Photo: Michelle Kroll.

An AFP police officer has been suspended from duty after being charged with perjury and other justice-related offences.

Detective Leading Senior Constable Trent Madders – who previously worked on the case against Bruce Lehrmann and was one of five officers who tried to sue former Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold – was charged following an investigation by the AFP Professional Standards branch.

The charges consist of aggravated perjury, destroying or concealing evidence, and perverting the course of justice.

It’s understood the charges relate to an investigation into identical twins, former AFP officer Joshua Tiffen and his electrician brother Kenan Tiffen, who had been accused of secretly filming female tenants at a Canberra home in 2019.

The pair had previously been found guilty of three counts of capturing visual data each, but that’s subject to an appeal.

According to the particulars of the charges, Mr Madders is accused of making a false sworn statement in a legal proceeding “with the intention of procuring someone else’s conviction for, or acquittal of, an offence” between 5 and 6 August 2020.

He’s also accused of concealing evidence “with the intention of influencing the outcome of a legal proceeding” sometime between 12 June 2019 and 6 August 2020.

Mr Madders’ case is next scheduled to appear before the ACT Magistrates Court on 1 August.