A former police chief inspector-turned barrister has been charged with obstruction and wasting police time following an incident inside a police station in the early hours of the morning after he had been called out by a client.
Briton Jonathan Fraser was charged on Monday night - almost five months after the alleged offences took place - and is expected to appear in Western Court on Friday.
Fraser, 42, is alleged to have committed the offences after he was called to Central Police Station to represent a client on the morning of Saturday, August 24.
Without naming the suspect, a police spokesman said yesterday: 'A 42-year-old man was charged on Monday night with obstructing police officers and wasteful employment of police and he will appear in the Western Magistrates' Court on Friday.
'The case occurred on August 24, 2002, in the Central Police Station.'
Sources have confirmed the man is Fraser, who served with the police force for several years and reached the rank of chief inspector before retiring after 1997.
He has been released on $2,000 bail.