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The Hanson Effect? Top cop weighs in on burqa burglar

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Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton has raised fears political commentary around banning the burqa has inspired criminals to use the religious garment to carry out armed robberies.

A non-Muslim woman, 21, has been charged over an alleged armed robbery in Croydon, disguised in a burqa or niqab.

Mr Ashton said it’s the only time in his decades-long policing career he can recall a burqa being used as a disguise.

It came only two days after One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa in parliament in a widely-derided stunt about security.

Mr Ashton told 3AW he hopes it’s not the start of a criminal trend.

“I’m not sure whether in this case that offender was following an example or something that she’s watched in Parliament,” he said.

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