Macdonald set to share porridge and water, not pig and wine, with Obeid
A snapshot of a single day in the life of Ian Macdonald perfectly captures the extraordinary venality and corruption of the then cabinet minister.
Kate McClymont is a Senior Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.
A snapshot of a single day in the life of Ian Macdonald perfectly captures the extraordinary venality and corruption of the then cabinet minister.
After a seven-week trial, the jury has retired to deliberate on whether wealthy property developer Ron Medich is guilty of the murder of his business foe Michael McGurk and the later intimidation of his widow, Kimberley.
A jury has heard a blistering tirade of insults about the credibility and character of the Crown's star witness, Lucky Gattellari, in the closing stages of the murder trial of property developer Ron Medich.
As the police closed in on those involved in the murder of Cremorne businessman Michael McGurk, the alleged mastermind Ron Medich "was slowly wiping his hands" of his co-conspirators, his murder trial has heard.
Wealthy property developer Ron Medich knew that Lucy Gattellari "was a man prepared to do things that Joe Citizen would not be prepared to do", a court has been told. "Lucky Gattellari is never going to be awarded Australian of the Year," said the Crown prosecutor in the murder trial of wealthy property developer Ron Medich.
In a dramatic development in the murder trial of wealthy property developer Ron Medich, a juror has been discharged.
Ron Medich lost his mobile phone straight after his right-hand man, Lucky Gattellari, was arrested for the murder of Mr Medich's business enemy, a court has heard.
Convicted murderers Glen McNamara and Roger Rogerson planned to double-cross Lucky Gattellari who, in turn, was trying to extort money from accused murderer Ron Medich, a court has heard.
Notorious crime figure, bikie boss Felix Lyle, is fighting a deportation order to New Zealand.
Although the police were with her in the kitchen of her Cremorne home, Kimberley McGurk was nervous and distressed about an impending visit from the man police believed had killed her husband.
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