Posted by admin on 06/8/05 in Kapunda Road Royal Commission
Memory fails McGee’s wife before commission. 08/06/2005. ABC News Online
Eugene McGee’s wife has told the Kapunda Road Royal Commission in South Australia that she cannot remember many details of what happened the night her husband killed a cyclist and left him to die. Barbara McGee said she remembered her husband phoning and saying ‘I think […]
Posted by admin on 06/8/05 in Kapunda Road Royal Commission
Commissioner examines McGee crash site. 07/06/2005. ABC News Online
The head of the Kapunda Road Royal Commission in South Australia has spent the afternoon examining the area where lawyer Eugene McGee hit and killed cyclist Ian Humphrey in November 2003.Police blocked off a section of the Kapunda to Gawler Road to allow a re-enactment of a […]
Posted by admin on 06/7/05 in Kapunda Road Royal Commission
McGee to face questioning on actions before arrest. 06/06/2005. ABC News Online
Lawyer Eugene McGee will have to answer questions about what he did between running down a cyclist and being interviewed by police six hours later. The Kapunda Road Royal Commissioner, Greg James QC, ruled against an application by Mr McGee’s legal team that his […]
Posted by admin on 06/4/05 in Kapunda Road Royal Commission
The Advertiser: TELL ALL [04jun05] by Nigel Hunt
DISGRACED lawyer Eugene McGee will be forced to front the Kapunda Road Royal Commission next week to answer questions about his actions after killing cyclist Ian Humphrey in a hit-run accident. It was revealed yesterday that McGee’s wife Barbara, brother Craig, lawyer Matthew Selley and close friend lawyer […]
Posted by admin on 06/4/05 in Kapunda Road Royal Commission
McGee to give evidence at Royal Commission. 03/06/2005. ABC News Online
Lawyer Eugene McGee will be called to give evidence before the Kapunda Road Royal Commission in Adelaide. Mr McGee’s lawyer has argued his client should not have to answer certain questions about his behaviour on the day Mr McGee hit and killed a cyclist in […]
Posted by admin on 06/3/05 in Kapunda Road Royal Commission
McGee roadblock evidence surprises crash investigator. 03/06/2005. ABC News Online
A major crash investigator has told the Kapunda Road Royal Commission he was ‘amazed’ to hear that Eugene McGee had been driven through a police roadblock and not turned himself in, on the night the lawyer hit and killed cyclist, Ian Humphrey in late 2003. Senior […]
Posted by admin on 06/3/05 in Kapunda Road Royal Commission
McGee’s brother warned he may need legal representation. 02/06/2005. ABC News Online
The Kapunda Road Royal Commissioner has put the brother of Eugene McGee on notice that he may need legal representation in light of potentially damaging material emerging at the commission. Craig McGee gave evidence in the District Court that he drove Eugene McGee […]
Posted by admin on 06/2/05 in Cycling Advocacy News, South Australian Hansard, Political Opinion
Ian Gilfillan - Speeches and Questions: Thursday 2 June 2005
The Hon. IAN GILFILLAN: I seek leave to make an explanation before asking the Minister for Industry and Trade, representing the Minister for Transport, a question about the cycling budget for 2005‑06.
Leave granted.
The Hon. IAN GILFILLAN: The Minister for Industry and Trade cannot resist the temptation […]
Posted by admin on 06/2/05 in Kapunda Road Royal Commission
McGee gave DNA only when warrant issued, commission told. 02/06/2005. ABC News Online
The Kapunda Road Royal Commission in South Australia has heard that lawyer Eugene McGee agreed to provide a DNA sample only after a warrant was issued for his arrest. McGee initially refused to provide a DNA swab on the night he was arrested […]
Posted by admin on 06/2/05 in Kapunda Road Royal Commission
The Advertiser: Late evidence was a ‘good ambush’ [02jun05] By Nigel Hunt 02jun05
THE presentation of last-minute psychiatric evidence by Eugene McGee’s lawyer at his trial has been described as “a good ambush” by the man who prosecuted him. NSW Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor Peter Barnett yesterday told the Kapunda Road Royal Commission in Adelaide that […]
Posted by admin on 06/2/05 in Kapunda Road Royal Commission
Lawyer details difficulties obtaining McGee documents. 01/06/2005. ABC News Online
The lawyer who led the early prosecution in the Eugene McGee hit-run case has said she was frustrated at her initial attempts to gain access to police files after the lawyer’s arrest. Prosecutor Teresa Anderson today told the Kapunda Road Royal Commission that the police investigator […]
Posted by admin on 06/2/05 in Kapunda Road Royal Commission
Police officer tells McGee inquiry of omitting information. 01/06/2005. ABC News Online
A major crash investigator has changed his story about why he omitted from two official declarations, information about smelling alcohol on Eugene McGee’s breath the night the lawyer killed cyclist Ian Humphrey in late 2003. Sergeant Dan Hassell has told the Kapunda Road Royal […]
Posted by admin on 06/1/05 in South Australian Hansard
House of Assembly: Wednesday, 1 June 2005
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\IND\Question:nn:Ms CHAPMAN Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg): My question is to the Attorney-General. Why did the Attorney-General not act on the advice of the then director of public prosecutions, Paul Rofe QC, and introduce legislation to prevent the calling of witnesses without notice to the […]
Posted by admin on 06/1/05 in Kapunda Road Royal Commission
Lawyer details difficulties obtaining McGee documents
The lawyer who led the early prosecution in the Eugene McGee hit-run case has said she was frustrated at her initial attempts to gain access to police files after the lawyer’s arrest. Prosecutor Teresa Anderson today told the Kapunda Road Royal Commission that the police investigator was “holding the information […]