Following the end of the Fitzgerald Inquiry, Lewis was charged in 1989 with 23 counts of perjury, corruption, and forgery. After hearing evidence over five months, and having deliberated for five days, a District Court jury found that, although Lewis had not lied to the inquiry, he had accepted bribes totalling $700,000 to protect brothels, SP (starting price) bookmakers, illegal casinos and in-line machine operators, and to prevent poker machines being legally introduced in Queensland. He was also found to have forged Bjelke-Petersen's signature on an official police document in 1981. Prison Judge Healy sentenced Lewis to the maximum prison term possible – 14 years on the 15 corruption charges and 10 years on the forgery charge – to be served concurrently, fixed a non-parole period of 9½ years, and fined Lewis $50,000 on each of the corruption charges. Lewis was paroled in 2002 after serving 10½ years. He has continued to protest his innocence, suing his former lawyers and pursuing further appeals. The last of his appeals failed in August 2005. Awards and honours Lewis received the following honours: Churchill Fellowship in 1968 for his work with the Juvenile Aid Bureau. In March 1993 the Queen stripped Lewis of the awards of Knight Bachelor, Officer of the Order of the British Empire and Queen's Police Medal for Merit. Lewis became only the 14th person since the 14th century to be stripped of his knighthood. He retained the George Medal, which was awarded for gallantry; and the National Medal awarded for service. See also Domenico Cacciola Francis Bischof Leisha Harvey Don Lane (politician) Brian Austin References Further reading Bishop, Steve (2012). The Most Dangerous Detective: the Outrageous Glen Patrick Hallahan and the Rat Pack, Amazon.com. Condon, Matthew (2013) Three Crooked Kings, University of Queensland Press External links Two books about crime and corruption in the Queensland police – Gold Coast Writers Association, 2014. "Resignation at root of later inquiry", News Limited, 1 January 2007 "The State of Play in Acquisition of Property: Theophanous v The Commonwealth" PDF, Sean Brennan, 16 February 2007 , The Courier Mail 2 March 2013 "Last Man Standing: Condemned former state police commissioner Terence Lewis decides it's time to tell his side of the story", Matthew Condon 1928 births Living people Australian police officers convicted of crimes Police officers convicted of accepting bribes People stripped of a British Commonwealth honour Recipients of the George Medal Commissioners