<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> stand accused of engaging in impropriety when raiding the home of former shock jock Alan Jones during a sexual assault investigation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers searched the 85-year-old's </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> home in November 2024 after an eight-month investigation into reports of historical sexual abuse.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On Tuesday, his lawyers told Sydney's </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/courts" rel="" target="" title="Downing Centre Local Court"><span>Downing Centre Local Court</span></a><span> the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="" title="NSW"><span>NSW</span></a><span> Police should reveal which officers accessed or downloaded material from his phone and through intercepted calls, claiming the search warrants could be invalid.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/ten-men-charged-investigation-alleged-drug-trafficking-money-laundering-police/78a1e79e-61ad-4e81-bdd6-a05500b0dc9c"><strong><span>Authorities pounce as ten charged over alleged drug trafficking syndicate</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The phone was seized, and the evidence to date suggests it was then searched willy-nilly," his barrister Gabrielle Bashir SC said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On its face, the search warrant was "bad", she continued, partly because it referred to Jones being accused of sexual intercourse without consent, amongst other offences.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>These were not the charges the radio veteran was eventually hit with, Bashir argued.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/alan-jones-attacks-bad-sexabuse-search-warrants/f28f16c3-1098-4882-b0b0-e927f4ab15fa" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jones has pleaded not guilty to 25 charges of indecent assault and two charges of sexual touching against nine alleged victims over nearly two decades when he ruled the airwaves.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bashir flagged that her client might apply to either temporarily or permanently halt the proceedings, or argue that certain evidence be tossed because it was obtained unlawfully.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Representing the NSW Police Commissioner, barrister Peter Singleton said there was no evidence officers had engaged in any sort of impropriety or that the warrant itself was invalid.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said the court should not order the release of documents merely to allow Jones' defence team to see if there was anything there to support a future bid to put the case on ice.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is fishing to find out whether or not there is a case," he told Judge Glenn Walsh.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jones is set to contest the allegations in a four-month-long hearing starting in August.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His defence team has been fighting to gain access to documents from the police as well as the complainants in the matter.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/author-craig-silvey-admits-child-exploitation-crimes/a1636a79-19c9-4d76-8d70-d05faded993f"><strong><span>Author Craig Silvey admits child exploitation crimes</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In March, Bashir told the court they were still awaiting "oodles of material" to be produced.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jones is accused of sexual misconduct against nine complainants between 2003 and 2020, both in private and in public places such as restaurants and at high-profile events.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two of the alleged victims were acting as chauffeurs for the former private school teacher when he indecently assaulted them, according to prosecutors.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The charges, which Jones has claimed are "all either baseless or they distort the truth", followed his retirement from a hugely influential broadcasting career launched in 1985.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During his decades on the air, Jones became a feared interviewer who excelled at questioning leaders while dividing audiences with his outspoken views.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He worked with Sydney </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/radio" rel="" target="" title="radio station"><span>radio station</span></a><span> 2UE before joining rival 2GB, where he was a long-time ratings juggernaut until 2020.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-budget-2026-what-to-expect-signficant-changes-announcements-explainer/94106a49-6102-447d-bb6a-53aabc1d4a5f" target="_blank"><strong><span>Major tax reform, spending cuts and defence boost: What you can expect in this year's 'ambitious' federal budget</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A 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