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The Kandy King X Case

Media Briefing Pack — Documented Record of Police Accountability Failure

Contents

  1. The Story in 60 Seconds
  2. Key Facts at a Glance
  3. Timeline of Critical Events
  4. Story Angles for Coverage
  5. Evidence Summary
  6. Available Documents
  7. Interview Availability

1. The Story in 60 Seconds

Between 2021 and 2025, Anthony Smith reported sustained online impersonation, identity theft, and device intrusion to NSW Police. Tony says his reports were not investigated. Police prosecuted him three times. The second prosecution ended not guilty. The third was withdrawn and dismissed. The first resulted in two $500 fines for distributing images that were footage of the intrusion he had reported.

Smith says the person he reported, @kandykingX / Issac Rushton, has not been charged by Kings Cross Police Area Command over his reports.

On 25 June 2025, Smith complained to Federal Cabinet Minister Tanya Plibersek at 3:33 AM. By 10:00 AM that same morning, Kings Cross Police initiated a cross-border welfare check on Smith in Queensland. The officer's written reason: "the gentleman has made further complaints to a Federal Ministers Office." Released GIPA records do not record the Triple Zero call said to have prompted the referral.

Ninety-nine days before charging Smith in the third prosecution, police completed an iASK communication-record search covering the alleged week. It returned a total result count of zero. The nil-result was in the brief of evidence as Item 9.

The Central Question

Why did police charge Smith 99 days after receiving a communication-record search with zero results for the alleged week, and why has every oversight body closed the matter without examining the documentary evidence?

2. Key Facts at a Glance

FactDetail
99-Day AnomalyiASK communication-record search 12647763 returned zero results for the alleged week. Held 99 days before charging. Nil-result was Item 9 in the brief.
Three ProsecutionsSmith describes three prosecutions involving the same complainant, @kandykingX. He disputes how the briefs treated the records set out on the three prosecution pages.
Same-Day Welfare Referral25 June 2025: Smith complained to Federal Minister at 3:33 AM. Police initiated welfare check at 10:00 AM. Officer's stated reason: ministerial complaint. Released GIPA records do not record the cited Triple Zero call.
Evidence DestructionOIC Dellenty said in GIPA REV-2025-0858525 that case file information was deleted after prosecution dismissal.
Oversight FailuresThe Inspector’s May 2026 decision reviewed six of Smith’s LECC complaint files. It closed his complaint about the Commission’s handling. (C82-2526/A8579640 · pp. 1, 4–5 · 19 May 2026.)
Never InvestigatedSmith says Kings Cross PAC has not charged @kandykingX over the identity misuse and drug-account conduct he reported.

3. Timeline of Critical Events

February–July 2021
Police recorded Smith’s fraud and unauthorised-access-of-funds report on 24 February 2021. On 7 July, Perri Hayes recorded Smith reporting continued access to his computer and Google account, with information transferred and deleted despite password changes. (E80847316 · GIPAA-2024-0549728, PDF pp. 16–18 · report 24 February; follow-up 7 July 2021.)
16 April 2021
Smith says @kandykingX entered his home and accessed his accounts while he was at work on 16 April 2021. He points to security-camera footage and Google account records, and says the images used in the first prosecution came from that footage.
January 2022
Prosecution 1 (H85611724): Six image charges, later heard with the Prosecution 2 AVO charge. Four recording charges dismissed. Two distribution convictions with $500 fines each for distributing images of the intrusion Smith reported. Recording charges dated to the intrusion itself.
August 2022
Prosecution 2 (H91613788): Dismissed not guilty. The friend who answered the alleged call declined to provide a police statement. Rushton testified, but the Court found no specific voice identification and held that the charge was not proved beyond reasonable doubt.
3 February 2024
iASK communication-record search completed (12647763) for 1–7 September 2023. Total Result Count: 0. Nil-result uploaded to case management.
12 May 2024
99 days later: Police charge Smith (H81615839). The zero-result search is Item 9 in the brief.
10 June 2025
Prosecution 3 dismissed. @kandykingX refuses to give evidence. OIC Dellenty later said case file information deleted.
25 June 2025
Same-day welfare referral: Smith complains to Federal Minister Tanya Plibersek at 3:33 AM. Kings Cross Police initiate cross-border welfare check at 10:00 AM. Officer "Brendan" writes reason: "the gentleman has made further complaints to a Federal Ministers Office." Released GIPA records do not record the cited Triple Zero call (REV-2025-0858528).
March 2026
Smith writes to Queensland Premier David Crisafulli demanding state-level intervention regarding cross-border welfare referral misuse.

4. Story Angles for Coverage

1. The Search That Returned Nothing

Police held an iASK communication-record search returning zero results for the alleged week for 99 days before charging Smith. The nil-result was in the same brief as the allegation. What weight was given to that contrary material before the charge was approved?

2. Same-Day Welfare Referral Following a Federal Ministerial Complaint

Smith complained to a Federal Cabinet Minister at 3:33 AM. Hours later, police initiated a cross-border mental health welfare check. The officer's written reason was the ministerial complaint. Why did NSW Police contact Queensland Health directly instead of Queensland Police?

3. Oversight Outcomes: Complaints Closed Without a LECC Investigation

The Inspector’s decision of 19 May 2026 reviewed six of Smith’s LECC complaint files and recorded that the Commission had decided not to investigate them. The Inspector closed Smith’s complaint about the Commission’s handling. (C82-2526/A8579640 · pp. 1, 4–5 · 19 May 2026.) The Minister's office referred Smith's complaint about false information back to NSW Police, who responded with further information that didn't address the evidence.

4. The Person Who Reported the Crime Was the One Charged

Smith reported identity theft, device intrusion, and drug trafficking under his name. On 29 November 2024, De Angeli said using Smith's name as an online alias did not meet the identity-offence threshold. He said investigators would need proof that identification documents were used to open the accounts and facilitate drug supply. Meanwhile, Smith was prosecuted three times. Smith reported the conduct. Smith was prosecuted. The person he named was not charged. Why?

5. "The gentleman has made further complaints to a Federal Ministers Office"

Smith relocated to Queensland in November 2022. NSW Police continued to pursue him, culminating in the cross-border welfare referral. What protections exist for residents targeted by interstate police?

6. Police called the case files "incoherent" and closed the investigation

The police record says the private investigator's report and other documents were uploaded to the case file. In an entry dated 13 June 2025 at 04:00, Duncan Handley wrote that "the case files provided are incoherent" and "No further investigation is envisaged." The case-file list records a PI report logged on 10 June. Smith identifies it as the Cybertrace report he commissioned. COPS E84732661 · REV-2025-0858525, PDF pp. 168–169, released pp. 155–156 · entry 13 June 2025; printout 1 August 2025.

7. Case File Deletion Following Prosecution Dismissal: GIPA-Admitted Record

OIC Dellenty said case file information was deleted after the prosecution's dismissal (GIPA REV-2025-0858525). The brief manager initialled Item 7, "Documents provided by Victim", as verified on the contents sheet. The sheet was stamped received on 27 May 2025. Item 7 was missing from the copy supplied through Smith's lawyer on 29 May.

8. Police Asked for a New Offence, Got One, and Did Not Read It

In August 2025 a Kings Cross officer told Smith three times that police would act only on a new offence: "a fresh crime not already dealt with by the courts" (3 August), "new matters" (5 August), and "only making a police report if a new crime occurs" (8 August). On 5 August, the day that advice was given, two Instagram accounts already identified in the Cybertrace report followed Smith's personal account. He reported it on 9 August with three dated attachments, opening: "You asked me to bring forward a recent, clear crime where I am the personal victim." The officer replied on 21 August: "I have not read this except the first sentence." No Event Number was issued. Every channel he was redirected to had already refused him in writing.

5. Evidence Summary

The following table identifies the source records discussed in this pack:

Ref Document What It Shows
iASK_12647763 iASK communication-record search Total Result Count: 0 for 1–7 September 2023. Completed 3 February 2024 and held 99 days before charging.
REV-2025-0858525 GIPA Internal Review OIC Dellenty says case file information deleted after prosecution dismissal.
REV-2025-0858528 GIPA Internal Review Released GIPA records do not record the cited Triple Zero call. Officer wrote that the welfare referral followed the ministerial complaint.
JIAU25/13749 QLD Health RTI release Officer "Brendan" email chain, clinical assessment recording no identified homicidal thoughts, denial of current suicidal thoughts, "no rationale for MHA," closure to RCACT, and later transmission of the referral PDF to Queensland Police.
Cybertrace 2025-4663 Forensic report — selected-pages public extract Records a Microsoft account using Anthony Smith and a suspect email link. It recommends further records and investigation. Handley’s later COPS entry says no further investigation was envisaged.
LECC CASE20237645/RT LECC exhibit Tony’s nine-ground misconduct submission concerning Prosecution 3; separate from the eleven grounds set out on the webpage.
E83652754 COPS event Smith's harassment report became basis for his prosecution. Charges written into his complaint.

6. Available Documents

Source records published or available through controlled access:

  • Court transcripts (bail applications, hearing transcripts)
  • iASK communication-record search 12647763 — nil result
  • GIPA decisions and internal reviews (REV-2025-0858525, REV-2025-0858528, etc.)
  • QLD Health RTI release (JIAU25/13749) — complete 16-page redacted copy published; encrypted source held under controlled access
  • LECC exhibits — OIC exhibit and seven-page public redacted welfare exhibit published
  • Cybertrace forensic report (Ref 2025-4663) — 11-page selected-pages public extract published; complete 67-page report held offline
  • Ministerial correspondence — complete 20-page public redacted Catley letter and NSW Police response published
  • Professional Standards communications (communication bans)
  • OIC admissions (Optus/Signal, evidence destruction)
  • Solicitor reporting letters (charges and outcomes)
  • PACER DV acknowledgement
  • Instagram/Telegram evidence (follower records, notifications)

Available on Request (Unredacted):

  • Full brief of evidence (H81615839) — Prosecution 3
  • Unredacted GIPA releases
  • Original correspondence (unredacted)
  • Additional forensic documentation
  • Witness statements (where available)

7. Interview Availability

Anthony Smith is available for interviews via:

Email (preferred): contact@kandykingxcase.com
Telephone: By arrangement (written confirmation of topics preferred)

Interview topics Smith can address:

Smith cannot address:

"I'm not asking you to take my word for any of this. I'm asking you to examine the documented record. Every claim on the website is sourced to official records."
— Anthony Smith

Media Contact

Anthony Lawrence Smith
Email: contact@kandykingxcase.com
Website: kandykingxcase.com
Location: Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Communication: Written preferred (email). Telephone by arrangement.

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