Ex-premier's cop son to be sentenced over false claim

The son of former NSW premier Kristina Keneally will discover his fate after making a false statement as a police officer that led to an activist's wrongful imprisonment.

Daniel Keneally, 35, is set to be sentenced in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday after being convicted of fabricating evidence in December.

Keneally wrote a statement containing numerous falsehoods relating to a phone call from Luke Brett Moore to Newtown police station in February 2021.

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The statement, including claims Moore wanted to kill a police officer, resulted in the activist being arrested and held in custody for three weeks.

The founder of ISuepolice was later released on bail and the charge dropped due to a recording of the conversation made on his phone.

Taken without Keneally's knowledge, the recording showed significant discrepancies from the officer's statement.

At a sentence hearing in December, his lawyer Paul McGirr asked for an intensive sentence order to be imposed, allowing his client to remain out of jail.

Police prosecutors told Magistrate Rodney Brender that Keneally should be sent to prison to reflect the nature of the crime.

An investigation by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission led to Keneally's charge in October 2022.

The police watchdog said it would provide a report to the NSW parliament when the criminal proceedings ended.