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Donald Leslie Hancock (known as Don Hancock) (5 January 1937 – 1 September 2001) was a Western Australian policeman involved in issues with investigating the Perth Mint Swindle.
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He was born in Boulder, Western Australia on 5 January 1937 to Leslie John Hancock and Melba May (nee Bourke). He worked in the family's gold mine at Grant's Patch near Ora Banda before joining the Western Australian Police in 1959. Initially part of the Gold Stealing Detection Squad, he transferred to the Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) in 1966. He worked in various detective branches before becoming officer-in-charge of the CIB in 1989, and retiring on 28 January 1994. He retired to Ora Banda to run the historic inn.
In the book Mickelberg Stitch, author Avon Lovell captioned a photograph of him with the name The Grey Fox
He was killed on 1 September 2001 in Lathlain by a bomb placed under his car.
Tony Lewandowski, a fellow police colleague, committed suicide on 18 May 2004. Before his death, he had identified himself and Hancock as culpable in the setting up of the Mickelbergs in the Perth Mint Swindle.