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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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]