A practising Sydney lawyer has been charged with sharing sensitive information about a sexual assault complaint.
Abdul Saddik, 31, was arrested by officers from the NSW Police criminal groups squad on Tuesday morning.
His firm’s website states that Saddik has worked on ‘some of the country’s most prominent and complex criminal law matters’ and that he ‘has always acted in the best interest of his client’.
Police will allege in court Saddik was representing a 24-year-old man charged with sexual assault when he shared information with an unrelated third party.
Officers will allege Saddik shared the information, including the alleged victim’s name, and is a close associate of a high-profile Sydney crime family.
Abdul Saddik, 31, was granted bail to appear before Parramatta Local Court on June 11
Saddik was charged with publishing details of a complainant in a prescribed sexual offence.
Saddik was granted bail to appear before Parramatta Local Court on June 11.
