Seven may seeks damage from AFP as court quashes Schapelle search warrants

Seven is considering seeking damages from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) following raids on its offices searching for evidence of payments to convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby for an interview which never happened.

The raids followed rumours Seven agreed to pay Corby over $1m for exclusive interview rights following her release from prison in Bali in January, as such an agreement would have breached laws preventing criminals from profiting from their crime.

However Seven claims the AFP had made material errors in the language of its search warrants by naming Seven staff and solicitors as “suspects” of an investigation.

Today Federal Court judge Jayne Jagot quashed the orders and ruled errors in the search warrants were not insignificant, as the AFP had argued.