A case where it was alleged that an Albury policewoman unlawfully distributed intimate images has been dropped.
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Erin Louise Fry, 31, was to have contested the matter at a hearing in Albury Local Court on Friday.
But instead, the single domestic violence-related charge of intentionally distribute image without consent was withdrawn and dismissed.
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The day-long hearing was to have been heard by Albury magistrate Richard Funston.
The court was told as far back as September that the officer would be pleading not guilty.
At the time, defence lawyer Mark Cronin also told deputy court registrar Elizabeth Lethbridge how his client was not on bail over the charge.
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The officer was not required and so did not appear at previous mentions of her case.
On one of those mention dates, in late October, assault allegations against two other Albury police officers were also mentioned.
They too were not required in court, in connection with charges laid over an alleged incident following the arrest of a man who had been aggressive towards a store manager at an Albury shopping centre.
Meanwhile, in another case before Albury Local Court, the charges against one of three men arrested over an alleged break-in spree last year across the Border have now moved a step closer to a possible trial by jury.
Mr Funston was told by a Director of Public Prosecutions representative on Tuesday that charges against Nathan Sullivan had now been certified.
That had allowed for a case conference to go ahead between the DPP and Sullivan's defence on March 13.
The purpose of the conference is to allow the Crown to outline the allegations it would take to trial so Sullivan, with his defence, can make a decision on whether he will plead guilty or not guilty.
Defence lawyer Dominic Holles said the matter needed to be adjourned for a case conference mention on April 14, at which Sullivan will again appear via a video link to Junee jail.
Sullivan is facing 47 charges, including a series of counts of aggravated break and enter in company to steal as well as allegations of dealing with the proceeds of crime.
A joint NSW and Victorian police investigation, dubbed Operation Bleach, had quickly established there were three people of interest over the series of break-ins on commercial and residential buildings in Albury and Wodonga described as "an escalation in offending".
