Premium Content STRIFE IN PNG The three siblings in Brisbane indie pop band Sheppard are pumped up to release their third album next month. But a pall has been cast over what should be a professional high for the group, which formed in 2009. Their father (and ex-manager), Greg Sheppard, a former Crown prosecutor in Queensland, is facing a heap of strife in Papua New Guinea, where he has practised law for more than 30 years. Sheppard was arrested last week in Port Moresby and charged with two counts each of conspiracy and false pretence in relation to the allegedly fraudulent transfer of nearly $100m of funds intended to help victims of the Ok Tedi mine disaster.
Accused murderer qualifies for Louisiana congressional race from jail
Monroe News-Star
A Louisiana minister charged with the murder of his 8-year-old stepson in 2008 is running for Congress from his jail cell in Catahoula Parish while he awaits a new trial as first reported by WWL-TV.
Errol Victor Sr. qualified to run in the March 20 special election to fill the state s 5th Congressional District seat left vacant after Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died from COVID-19 complications last month before he could be seated.
Tyler Brey, a spokesman for Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, told USA Today Network that Victor qualified by proxy.
Former Queensland lawyer and father of Sheppard band members, Greg Sheppard, is arrested in Papua New Guinea over allegations of withdrawing more than $90 million from a trust fund earmarked for development projects.