Category: Trial reports

Counsel for Harbour Radio, Richard McHugh SC, gets down and dirty as he interrogates Muslim community spokesman Keysar Trad on the finer points of homosexual sex. The Gazette brings you some (uncensored) excerpts ... more

Muslim community spokesman Keysar Trad tells the NSW Supreme Court he didn’t condemn Sheik Taj el-Din al-Hilali’s “uncovered meat” comments about women because no one asked his opinion. Trad’s views on women, gays and Jews come under intense scrutiny ... more

The defamation trial of Daniel Snedden ends with a whimper, as NSW Supreme Court Justice Megan Latham determines not to admit evidence from two last-minute witnesses called by the alleged Balkans war criminal known as “Captain Dragan” ... more

As Daniel Snedden’s defamation action against The Australian draws to a close, the accused war criminal accuses counsel for the defendant Tom Blackburn SC of “participating in cold-blooded murder” (his) ... more

Accused war criminal Daniel “Captain Dragan” Snedden takes to the witness box to deny that he was a death squad commander, that he tortured prisoners and that he condoned the rape of women and girls. Snedden tells a hushed court, “In war, the first victim is usually the truth” ... more

A woman who claims she was repeatedly raped by accused war criminal Captain Dragan gives graphic evidence at his defamation trial. So does another alleged victim of his inhumanity ... more

Former Shellharbour deputy mayor Michelle Greig wins her defamation action against WIN TV after Justice Peter McClellan dismisses the broadcaster’s truth defence. The decision came as no surprise to some ... more

The British journalist who interviewed Daniel Snedden (aka Captain Dragan) in Knin during the Serbian/Croatian civil war stands by her story. The court hears harrowing evidence of Dragan’s alleged mistreatment of two prisoners of war ... more

The NSW Supreme Court hears that a man fighting extradition to Croatia for questioning over war crimes was “well-known for his humanitarian work”. Daniel Snedden’s defamation action against The Australian gets off to an interesting start ... more

Corruption allegations abound as Shellharbour City Council’s general manager Brian Weir concedes under cross-examination that he regarded the council’s Code of Conduct Committee as “almost bordering on corruption” ... more

Former deputy mayor of Shellharbour Michele Greig sues WIN TV over a news report that alleged she took a bribe from Telstra to advance the telco’s chances of signing up new business from the council ... more

The issue of malice gains momentum as a former ally of Peter Holmes a Court in his battle to take control of beleaguered rugby league football club, the Rabbitohs, gives evidence against him ... more