Conspiracy Case of Eugene McGee (killer of Ian Humphrey)

Eugene McGee, the hit-and-run killer of cyclist Ian Humphrey, might be
getting closer to the justice he deserves.

Follow the link to the report in The Australian.
The page has links to reports from other days of this trial.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news...serves-verdict
-in-mcgee-case/story-fn3dxity-1225833987239

Judge reserves verdict in McGee case

A JUDGE has reserved his verdict in a trial of a prominent Adelaide
lawyer and his brother facing conspiracy charges following a hit-and-run.

The trial, involving lawyer Eugene McGee and his brother Craig, closed
in the South Australian District Court today with Judge Peter Herriman
to deliver his verdict on a date to be fixed.

The brothers have both pleaded not guilty to conspiring to attempt to
pervert the course of justice.

The charges relate to their actions after the lawyer hit and killed a
cyclist [Ian Humphrey] in a road crash, north of Adelaide, in 2003.

McGee was fined $3100 for driving without due care.

He was not breath or blood-tested for alcohol following the crash, which
killed cyclist Ian Humphrey.

His case was also the subject of a royal commission, which criticised
police for their handling of the case and found their investigation was
not undertaken appropriately, efficiently or expeditiously.

The royal commission recommended the brothers face the conspiracy charge
and the McGees went to the High Court in an unsuccessful bid to have the
count dropped.

During the District Court trial both Eugene and Craig McGee declined to
give evidence in their defence, but counsel for Craig McGee said he had
lied to police about not having a contact number for his brother, out of
family loyalty.

Counsel for Eugene McGee said his actions on the day of the crash
stemmed from the accumulated trauma he had witnessed during his work as
a policeman and lawyer.

The prosecution had earlier told the court the brothers shared three
bottles of white wine in the hours preceding the fatal hit-run.

They later drove through a police road block near the accident scene
without Eugene McGee identifying himself as the driver of a car which
hit and killed the cyclist in SA's Barossa Valley.

Prosecutor Emily Telfer said Eugene McGee was "determined to stay away
from areas where he might be detected by police" in the hours after the
crash.

She also told the court McGee knew of a law stating blood alcohol tests
had to be taken within two hours after an accident to be legally
relevant.

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K.A. Moylan
Canberra, Australia
Ski Club: http://www.cccsc.asn.au
kamoylan at ozemail dot com dot au

I know what I'd like to happen to him but I don't think it's a
punishment available to the judge.