A former WA Corruption and Crime Commission employee has admitted in court to a three-year “intimate” relationship with a maximum-security prisoner, during which she fed him confidential information about the commission and its staff.

Louise Catherine Carruthers pleaded guilty to one count of public officer acts corruptly in performance of their function in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday.

Louise Carruthers outside court during a previous appearance. Credit: 9 News Perth

The charges followed the tabling of a report in WA parliament last year that described Carruthers’ alleged actions spanning three years from 2020 to 2023 as “extremely serious”, “potentially dangerous”, and involving a “gross breach of trust”.

Carruthers was subsequently sacked.

The 42-year-old created a pse

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