Year-long criminal trial of Obeids and Macdonald finally ends
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The marathon criminal trial which for the past year has embroiled two former ministers of the Crown, Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald, has finally come to an end.
Justice Elizabeth Fullerton, who has been hearing the case without a jury, thanked all the parties for the âconsiderable workâ in the year-long trial in which 38 witnesses appeared and more than 6000 pages of exhibits were tendered.
Moses Obeid (left), Ian Macdonald (centre) and Eddie Obeid (right) are on trial.
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Case against Obeids, Ian Macdonald is âhopelessâ and âdoomed to failâ, court hears
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The Crownâs case against former state ministers Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, along with Obeidâs middle son Moses, was doomed to fail and an affront to justice, the NSW Supreme Court has heard.
In his closing submissions, Maurice Neil, QC, representing Moses Obeid, told Justice Elizabeth Fullerton that âthis prosecution is one in which there is no basis in law and . has no basis in fact. It is an affront to justice.â
Case against Obeids, Ian Macdonald is âhopelessâ and âdoomed to failâ, court hears
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The Crownâs case against former state ministers Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, along with Obeidâs middle son Moses, was doomed to fail and an affront to justice, the NSW Supreme Court has heard.
In his closing submissions, Maurice Neil, QC, representing Moses Obeid, told Justice Elizabeth Fullerton that âthis prosecution is one in which there is no basis in law and . has no basis in fact. It is an affront to justice.â
âSeriously!â: Obeidâs barrister questions âpaucity of factsâ against former MP
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There was such a âpaucity of factsâ in the Crown case against former politician Eddie Obeid that the judge could not be satisfied of his guilt, his barrister April Francis said in her closing submission to the NSW Supreme Court.
Ms Francis, who arrived at court in a wheelchair due to a leg injury, was critical of the prosecutionâs case, saying it was full of âconceptual difficultiesâ and it was challenging for the defence lawyers âto unravel the riddle that is the indictmentâ.