A lawyer who founded the Griffith University Innocence Project says he has “real questions” about a criminal charge laid against a whistleblower in a high-profile police case.

Yolanda Borucki, 59, was the manager of a childcare center chain where an alleged pedophile, who is now facing the worst child sex allegations in Australian history, was employed.

The 45-year-old man was arrested by the Australian Federal Police last year, charged with more than 1600 offences after allegedly abusing 91 children across two states.

Borucki had filed a report with Queensland Police 10 months before the man was arrested after another employee had allegedly seen him kissing a young girl who was asleep.

Police did not proceed with an investigation due to a lack of evidence and the man returned to the childcare centre a month later.

Borucki raised her concerns with how the case was handled in an interview with A Current Affair last month and soon after became the subject of a police investigation herself.

Officers from Taskforce Argos raided her Brisbane home on August 15 after a complaint from the Uniting Church that she had distributed confidential documents.

She was charged with one count of computer hacking to cause detriment greater than $5000.

The allegation is that Borucki used a restricted computer without the consent of the Uniting Church of Australia on August 3.

She had been told she would be made redundant three days earlier but still had possession of her work phone, car and computer with permission to login into her emails.

Defence lawyer Jason Murakami from BMG Legal has taken on Borucki’s case.

He’s a founder of Griffith University’s Innocence Project which aims to uncover, correct and prevent wrongful convictions in Australia.

“On the material I’ve read, there’s real questions in relation to the charges,” Murakami said outside a Brisbane court ahead of her first appearance.

“My client is looking forward to the court process and the rule of law to ultimately come to the conclusion of this matter,” he said.

Appearing in a criminal court for the first time at the age of 59 would be a daunting experience but Borucki is taking comfort from a social media group created in her name to provide public support.

Yellow for Yolanda is a Facebook page where people are encouraged to post pictures of themselves wearing yellow to show their support.

Her case returns to Brisbane Magistrates Court on October 4.