Premier criticised over calling inquiry into hit-run. 30/04/2005. ABC News Online
South Australian Premier Mike Rann has been criticised for calling an independent judicial inquiry into the Eugene McGee hit-and-run case. The inquiry has been announced in response to public anger over the handling of the case and Mr McGee’s sentence. A judge from interstate will […]

The Advertiser: It’s like my Ian being killed all over again
EXCLUSIVE: By ALEXANDRA ECONOMOU and GREG KELTON
A HEARTBROKEN and “emotionally drained” Diana Gilcrist-Humphrey is branding the sentence given to lawyer Eugene McGee as the equivalent of her husband being “killed all over again”.
In a written statement to The Advertiser, Ms Gilcrist-Humphrey said she felt “numb” […]

The Australian: Editorial: A travesty of justice in South Australia
A travesty of justice in South Australia
SENIOR Adelaide criminal lawyer Eugene McGee has a lot of experience in drink driving cases. It showed in the way he has managed to avoid going to jail. Driving after a long lunch, Mr McGee hit a cyclist but, instead […]

The Advertiser: Off-court battle: McGee lawyer tackles Premier
THE State Government should step back from the Eugene McGee case and stop trying to “undermine” the judicial process, McGee’s lawyer said yesterday. “It really does little to advance the cause of justice when those in high office endeavour to erode the very fabric of our criminal justice […]

The Advertiser: Off-court battle: McGee lawyer tackles Premier [30apr05]
By JEMMA CHAPMAN and GREG KELTON
THE State Government should step back from the Eugene McGee case and stop trying to “undermine” the judicial process, McGee’s lawyer said yesterday. “It really does little to advance the cause of justice when those in high office endeavour to erode the […]

Inquiry into hit-run sentence National Breaking News Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (29-04-2005)
A JUDGE from outside South Australia will head an inquiry into how a local lawyer escaped a jail sentence after killing a cyclist in a hit and run then fleeing the scene. SA Premier Mike Rann today ordered a judicial inquiry into the […]

Herald Sun: Hit-and-run trial was fair: lawyer
THE Adelaide lawyer fined rather than jailed over a fatal hit-and-run accident had had an impeccably fair trial, his defence counsel said today. The South Australian District Court yesterday fined Eugene McGee $3100 for failing to stop after an accident and driving without due care following the crash in […]

Judge had no option but to fine lawyer for fatal hit-run. 29/04/2005. ABC News Online
The Adelaide District Court’s chief judge says the state’s Criminal Law Sentencing Act left him with no option but to impose a fine on lawyer Eugene McGee for a fatal hit-and-run. Yesterday, McGee was fined $3,100 and lost his licence for […]

Lawyer’s action that of a ‘coward’ SA Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au
PREMIER Mike Rann said he had “nothing but contempt” for Eugene McGee , after the high-profile criminal lawyer walked free from court. Foreshadowing an announcement early next week, Mr Rann called Mr McGee’s actions in the hit-and-run accident “the worst form of cowardice”. While […]

The Advertiser: $3100: PRICE OF A LIFE
By Court Reporter ALEXANDRA ECONOMOU
THE family of cyclist Ian Humphrey feels let down and “insulted” that lawyer Eugene McGee has escaped a jail term. Yesterday, the 50-year-old walked from the District Court with a $3100 fine and a 12-month licence suspension, having admitted he did not stop and […]

Former cop escapes jail sentence with fine Top stories Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au
A FORMER police prosecutor-turned top barrister who killed a cyclist with his car and fled the scene after a lunch in the Barossa Valley has escaped with a $3100 fine. In a decision that has outraged South Australian Premier Mike Rann and […]

The Australian: Ex-cop’s $3100 fine for hit-run death
by Michelle Wiese Bockmann and Tom Richardson
A FORMER police prosecutor-turned top barrister who killed a cyclist with his car and fled the scene after a lunch in the Barossa Valley escaped with a $3100 fine yesterday. In a decision that has outraged South Australian Premier Mike Rann and […]

Lawyer fined for fatal hit-run National Breaking News Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (28-04-2005)
South Australia’s Director of Public Prosecutions has called for prominent lawyer Eugene McGee to be jailed for failing to stop after hitting and killing a cyclist in late 2003. The Adelaide District Court has heard sentencing submissions for McGee who was found […]

Herald Sun: Cyclist’s wife confronts hit-run driver [28apr05]
South Australia’s Director of Public Prosecutions has called for prominent lawyer Eugene McGee to be jailed for failing to stop after hitting and killing a cyclist in late 2003. The Adelaide District Court has heard sentencing submissions for McGee who was found guilty of driving without due care. […]

DPP calls for lawyer to be jailed for killing cyclist. 28/04/2005. ABC News Online
South Australia’s Director of Public Prosecutions has called for prominent lawyer Eugene McGee to be jailed for failing to stop after hitting and killing a cyclist in late 2003. The Adelaide District Court has heard sentencing submissions for McGee who was found […]

The Advertiser: Blood test `priority in hit-and-run’ [28apr05]
SOUTH Australia Police Commissioner Mal Hyde yesterday said he believed a blood alcohol test for a driver involved in a hit-and-run accident “would have been a No. 1 priority”. “But I don’t want to assume anything,” he said yesterday in an interview on ABC radio. “I want to […]

Sentencing remarks for Eugene Norman McGee
Settled by The Chief Judge 28.4.2005
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
ADELAIDE
THURSDAY, 28 APRIL 2005 AT 2.33 P.M.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR THE CHIEF JUDGE
NO.825/2004
R v EUGENE NORMAN MCGEE
HIS HONOUR IN SENTENCING SAID:
Eugene Norman McGee, you have been found guilty by a jury of driving without due care. The penalty is a fine of […]

Liberal Party South Australia: Put the blame where it lies Thursday, 28 April 2005
The Opposition joins with the family of Ian Humphrey and the wider community in expressing our deep disappointment with the result of the case against Eugene McGee. Shadow Attorney-General Robert Lawson said that he expected Mike Rann – if he was true […]

The Advertiser: Baptism of fire for new `Eliot Ness’ [27apr05]
THE state’s new “Eliot Ness”, Stephen Pallaras, QC, faced a tough assignment on his first day on the job. But instead of coming out with all guns blazing, the new Director of Public Prosecutions spent yesterday bunkered down in his Pirie St headquarters being briefed on […]

Liberal Party South Australia: More inaccuracies from Atkinson Wednesday, 27 April 2005
Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has again come under fire from the Liberal Opposition for providing inaccurate statements.
“As first Law Officer of the State, the Attorney-General should be completely reliable in his statements to the public and to the Parliament,” Shadow Attorney General Robert Lawson said.
“Last […]