Alleged butt slap like a shoulder pat: court Former Liberal now independent MP Sam Duluk Duluk was charged with one count of basic assault. Picture: Tait Schmaal.
News by Emily Cosenza 2nd Jun 2021 7:17 PM | Updated: 8:36 PM
The drunken MP who allegedly “loudly” slapped a colleague on the backside should be acquitted on the grounds of reasonable doubt because it was “no different” to a shoulder pat, a court has heard.
Sam Duluk, former Liberal and now independent MP, was charged with one count of basic assault after he allegedly slapped SA Best MLC Connie Bonaros on the bottom at a crossbench Christmas party at Parliament House.
WILMINGTON Elizabeth Lewis, 89, passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
Her love and memories will remain in the hearts of her children, James Riggins of Bangor, Michigan, and Sylvia Wilson of Jamaica Queens, New York; sisters, Mary Shaw, Martha Williams and Joanne Jones, all of New Jersey; nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Public viewing will be held from 4 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 26, at Davis Funeral Home, 901 S. 5th Ave., Wilmington. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, May 27, at Calvary Memorial Cemetery, 800 N. 11th St., Wilmington.
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 A relatively rare legal move, the ex officio indictments can be challenged by the accused who may feel they should have had the evidence against them tested in a committal hearing, but it is understood that is unlikely in this case. The move will ensure there will be several weeks of voir dire hearings in the Supreme Court, most likely in October, in which the evidence against each of the accused is tested and challenged by their legal teams.   A trial date has been set for late April next year with police and lawyers expecting the matter to run for up to six months.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. A Jefferson Circuit Court judge was sanctioned for his choice of words in defending another judge accused of rubber-stamping search warrants in the Breonna Taylor case.
The Judicial Conduct Commission said Judge Charles Cunningham in a guest editorial in The Courier Journal violated an ethics rule that requires judges to be “patient, dignified and courteous to lawyers and others with whom the judge deals in an official capacity.”
The commission said Cunningham, in his piece defending Circuit Judge Mary Shaw, violated a portion of the rule that prohibits members of the judiciary from making public statements that might “reasonably be expected to impair the fairness of a matter pending in any court.”