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Derek Brassington, seen as a “rising star” in the RCMP, partied with and had sex with a witness in the Surrey Six murder investigation in locations across Canada over a period of months.

The details of the misconduct of Brassington, and two other Mounties who also pleaded guilty in connection with their duties during the investigation of B.C.’s biggest-ever gangland slaying, can be reported for the first time after a publication ban was lifted Wednesday.

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After submissions by media lawyer Daniel Coles, B.C. Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes set aside much of the ban imposed on the circumstances of the case when Brassington, David Attew and Danny Michaud pleaded guilty and were sentenced.

In an agreed statement of facts, it was revealed that Brassington became involved with the witness, who can only be identified as Jane Doe 1 due to an ongoing ban, in June 2009 when she moved to Calgary and agreed to co-operate with police. During the next several months, Jane Doe 1, who had knowledge of the October 2007 murders in Surrey and had been threatened, was relocated to various places throughout Canada. To keep her on-board as a witness, investigators with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) assigned Brassington to work with her.