Cyclists protest McGee penalty - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
Organisers estimate more than 3,300 people rode through capital city centres to protest against the sentence given to a lawyer who killed a cyclist in a hit-and-run accident. More than 3,000 attended the ride in Adelaide, the home of Eugene McGee, who received a […]

The Australian: No learned friends of the Premier [May 07, 2005] Michelle Wiese Bockmann
IN the court of public opinion, Mike Rann has tried and convicted Adelaide’s legal fraternity as “well-heeled”, “enemies of the state” and a snobbish, closed-shop club. So when high-profile local criminal lawyer Eugene McGee escaped jail after leaving the scene of an […]

The Australian: Prosecutor lashes hit-run critics [May 07, 2005] Tom Richardson
IGNORANT attacks by the Rann Government and other “populist politicians” are undermining South Australia’s criminal prosecution process, according to the man dubbed a modern-day Eliot Ness. In his first public address since assuming his role last week, Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Pallaras QC said […]

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South Australians protest against hit-and-run death
As a cyclist in Northern California near the winetasting and tourist region of Sonoma and Napa Valley, I see this type of thing annually. Irresponsible drivers, impaired by alcohol, hit and kill bicyclist. This issue, this protest, should not be contained to just cyclist. It should include every […]

Rann keen to start McGee royal commission. 06/05/2005. ABC News Online
South Australian Premier Mike Rann says he wants the McGee royal commission to begin next week, now that there will be no appeal against the Adelaide lawyer’s sentence for causing the death of cyclist Ian Humphrey. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Stephen Pallaras, released […]

Protest ride extended to Brisbane
The unnecessary death of South Australian cyclist Ian Humphrey and subsequent lenient sentencing of Eugene McGee, the driver of the 4WD (SUV) who struck and killed him in a hit and run incident in November 2003, who was fined AU$3100 and disqualified from driving for 12 months [see yesterday’s news], has […]

1. The Judge’s remarks on sentencing are now on the SA Courts site, see
http://www.courts.sa.gov.au/sent_remarks/index.html
2. Anyone interested in what areas a lawyer has expertise in, can search the case reports at the AUSTLII website.
You can see for instance whether a lawyer specialises in family law cases - or in defending pensioners against aggressive corporations - or […]

Tenfold increase in maximum sentences sought SA Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (04-05-2005)
HIT-and-run drivers face up to 10 years in jail under proposed changes to penalties for the offence in South Australia. The South Australian government said today it wanted a tenfold increase in the maximum penalty for drivers who leave the scene of a […]

The Advertiser: McGEE CASE ISN’T OVER: Retired NSW judge to
head royal commission [04may05]
The South Australian Government believes a royal commission is the swiftest way to respond to questions about the trial of Eugene McGee. The Adelaide lawyer was fined and lost his licence for the hit-and-run death of cyclist Ian Humphrey, 18 months ago. Since […]

The Daily Telegraph Tougher penalties for hit-run drivers
HIT-and-run drivers face up to 10 years in jail under proposed changes to penalties for the offence in South Australia. The South Australian government said today it wanted a tenfold increase in the maximum penalty for drivers who leave the scene of a crash where a person has […]

McGee case to dominate SA regional Parliament. 03/05/2005. ABC News Online
The South Australian Government will today announce details about the judicial inquiry into the handling to the Eugene McGee hit-and-run case. The fallout from the case is set to dominate today’s historic parliamentary sitting in Mount Gambier in the state’s south-east.
The Government’s agenda today includes […]

A-G flags possible recommendation from judicial inquiry. 02/05/2005. ABC News Online
The South Australian Government is hopeful that a judicial inquiry into the trial of lawyer Eugene McGee will result in tougher penalties for hit-and-run drivers. Attorney-General Michael Atkinson says the penalty for leaving the scene of an accident is too lenient and encourages some drivers […]

Crash scene revisited SA Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (02-05-2005)
BROTHERS Tony and John Zisimou have returned to the scene of lawyer Eugene McGee’s hit-and-run collision to recreate the scene for police. Tony Zisimou, who had been driving with his brother, John, on the day of the fatal accident, said he had seen McGee, in his […]

The Advertiser: Trials derailed - Rofe warning
FORMER DPP Paul Rofe, QC, has weighed into the Eugene McGee case, saying he warned the State Government of flaws in the legal system that were allowing defendants to escape convictions in major crimes. He specifically referred to rules that allowed defence teams to call expert witnesses with little […]

The Advertiser: Your views on the news April 25-May 1 [25apr05]
Item: $3100: PRICE OF A LIFE :29apr05
From: Sally Inglis, Kimba
Ironic isn’t it? Corby will possibly get a life sentence for what we consider a more minor offence. McGee can take a life and manipulate the system and walk away with a fine – surely the […]

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 […]