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Old June 10th 05, 02:29 AM
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Breaking news on the Royal Commission investigating the Eugene McGe
case. Di Gilchrist is a incredible woman possessing dignity & impuls
control many would lack. For more news articles, see the Bicycl
Justice blog.
http://bicyclejustice.blogspot.com/

Adelaide Wheels of Justice:
http://wheelsofjustice.com.au

If you have any stories, links or articles, email
melbicyclejustice[AT]gmail[DOT]com. For full transcript and links o
the Kapunda Road Royal Commission:
http://www.service.sa.gov.au/krrc/

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The Advertiser: Hit-run lawyer 'evaded police' [10jun05] By To
Richardson
http://tinyurl.com/bkmc3
HIT-RUN lawyer Eugene McGee has admitted he evaded police for severa
hours after killing a cyclist so he could tell his mother personall
what had happened. The admission by the former police officer to th
Kapunda Road royal commission could have serious consequences for hi
brother Craig, who McGee acknowledged had gone to "some trouble" t
help him avoid arrest in the hours after the 2003 accident that lef
Ian Humphrey dead.

Even before the Adelaide lawyer's arrival yesterday, commissioner Gre
James QC was forced to order the removal of a graffiti message scrawle
outside, which read: "Careful with that axe, Eugene" - the title of
1968 Pink Floyd track now imbued with sinister significance. (more i
article)

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TENSE ENCOUNTER AT COMMISSION AS McGEE FACES VICTIM'S WIFE
http://tinyurl.com/9saky
IT took a ton of courage and even more self-control.

Face to face with the man who killed her husband, Di Gilchrist had man
questions she wanted him to answer. But yesterday, a dignified M
Gilchrist chose to remain silent as she shared a lift with lawye
Eugene McGee, preferring to let the answers be revealed through th
Kapunda Road Royal Commission.

There were no words spoken in the brief encounter between the two a
they rode the lift to the first-floor hearing room in Flinders St. Th
stony-faced McGee avoided eye contact with Ms Gilchrist, who gave hi
only a resolute glare.

In his much-awaited appearance at the commission yesterday, McGe
conceded to commissioner Greg James, QC, that his actions after th
accident that claimed the life of cyclist Ian Humphrey were consisten
with avoiding police. (more in article

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Old June 10th 05, 05:32 AM
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On 2005-06-10, cfsmtb (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
outside, which read: "Careful with that axe, Eugene"


Beautiful.

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If my head were spinning at relativistic speeds,
it would appear to everyone else that my brane had slowed down.
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Old June 17th 05, 12:22 PM
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Today, Friday 17th June, the Kapunda Road Royal Commission got even mor
interesting....refer to linked news articles below. The KRRC is, so t
speak, turning over a few rocks. And hidden details are now scurryin
into the light...

From a cyclists perspective, the summons by Commissioner Greg James
sharply illustrates many systemic problems we face when going to th
*authorities* for assistance in any road altercations.

Royal commission summonses police
http://tinyurl.com/cp46l
SOUTH Australia's chief prosecutor and police commissioner have bee
summonsed to give evidence to the McGee royal commission amid concern
the inquiry has been misled. Commissioner Greg James today ordered S
Police Commissioner Mal Hyde and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP
Stephen Pallaras to reveal details of a directive not to arrest peopl
accused of sexual assault or involved in major road accidents.

McGee diagnosis had 'no proper clinical basis', inquiry told
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...6/s1394944.htm
A Sydney psychiatrist has cast doubt on the diagnosis that lawye
Eugene McGee was in a "dissociative state" when he fled the scene of
fatal hit-run incident in late 2003. Sydney professor of psychiatr
Christopher Tennant told the Kapunda Road Royal Commission there was n
proper clinical basis for Professor Alexander McFarlane's diagnosis o
McGee.

Kapunda commissioner makes urgent plea for information
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...6/s1394735.htm
In an extraordinary development in South Australia's Kapunda Road Roya
Commission, Commissioner Greg James has made an urgent public plea fo
information, saying the commission may have been misled. Today th
commission was told that the former Director of Public Prosecutions
Paul Rofe, had said he had directed police to report and not arres
offenders over sexual assaults and driving offences - informatio
previously unheard by the inquiry.

Court protects probe witness
http://tinyurl.com/8b7qg
A KEY witness at the McGee royal commission in Adelaide would not hav
to answer questions that might incriminate him, the Full Court of th
Supreme Court has ruled. In a unanimous decision today the cour
determined that the powers of the royal commission did not remove an
right Craig McGee had to refuse to answer questions if he felt thos
answers might incriminate him. Craig McGee is the brother of Eugen
McGee, the lawyer who hit and killed a cyclist with hi
four-wheel-drive in November, 2003.

Lawyers stall royal commission
http://tinyurl.com/bsvak
THE Kapunda Road Royal Commission was given a month-long extension lat
yesterday – just hours after it was derailed by an unforeseen lega
hitch. The inquiry stalled when barrister Rick Halliday, who represent
SA Police, advised commissioner Greg James, QC, he could no longe
represent two – and possibly three – key police witnesses

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Old June 17th 05, 01:21 PM
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cfsmtb Wrote:
Today, Friday 17th June, the Kapunda Road Royal Commission got even mor
interesting....refer to linked news articles below. The KRRC is, so t
speak, turning over a few rocks. And hidden details are now scurryin
into the light..

From a cyclists perspective, the summons by Commissioner Greg James
sharply illustrates many systemic problems we face when going to th
*authorities* for assistance in any road altercations

Royal commission summonses polic
http://tinyurl.com/cp46l
SOUTH Australia's chief prosecutor and police commissioner have bee
summonsed to give evidence to the McGee royal commission amid concern
the inquiry has been misled. Commissioner Greg James today ordered S
Police Commissioner Mal Hyde and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP
Stephen Pallaras to reveal details of a directive not to arrest peopl
accused of sexual assault or involved in major road accidents

McGee diagnosis had 'no proper clinical basis', inquiry tol
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...6/s1394944.htm
A Sydney psychiatrist has cast doubt on the diagnosis that lawye
Eugene McGee was in a "dissociative state" when he fled the scene of
fatal hit-run incident in late 2003. Sydney professor of psychiatr
Christopher Tennant told the Kapunda Road Royal Commission there was n
proper clinical basis for Professor Alexander McFarlane's diagnosis o
McGee

Kapunda commissioner makes urgent plea for informatio
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...6/s1394735.htm
In an extraordinary development in South Australia's Kapunda Road Roya
Commission, Commissioner Greg James has made an urgent public plea fo
information, saying the commission may have been misled. Today th
commission was told that the former Director of Public Prosecutions
Paul Rofe, had said he had directed police to report and not arres
offenders over sexual assaults and driving offences - informatio
previously unheard by the inquiry

Court protects probe witness
http://tinyurl.com/8b7qg
A KEY witness at the McGee royal commission in Adelaide would not hav
to answer questions that might incriminate him, the Full Court of th
Supreme Court has ruled. In a unanimous decision today the cour
determined that the powers of the royal commission did not remove an
right Craig McGee had to refuse to answer questions if he felt thos
answers might incriminate him. Craig McGee is the brother of Eugen
McGee, the lawyer who hit and killed a cyclist with hi
four-wheel-drive in November, 2003

Lawyers stall royal commission
http://tinyurl.com/bsvak
THE Kapunda Road Royal Commission was given a month-long extension lat
yesterday – just hours after it was derailed by an unforeseen lega
hitch. The inquiry stalled when barrister Rick Halliday, who represent
SA Police, advised commissioner Greg James, QC, he could no longe
represent two – and possibly three – key police witnesses.

amazing how they are holding ranks...and it will take just one of the
to break and all the gory suspicions widely espoused will flo
free..."the truth, the truth, the truth will set you free!".......
it is probably either Hassell or McGee's brother who hold the key t
this, and why both of them are hiding behind legal devices......and th
others are scurrying for cover....oh the pond of justice is a murky
deep dark one, and it holds many secrets......Go Greg James go! kee
digging mate, don't take any crap ...there is a conspiracy in ther
that has been festering into a huge boil..lets hope the RC is th
lance

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Old June 17th 05, 02:51 PM
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rooman Wrote:
amazing how they are holding ranks...and it will take just one of the
to break and all the gory suspicions widely espoused will flo
free..."the truth, the truth, the truth will set you free!".......
SNIP !

Eugene McGees' wife Barbara(?) when asked about what happened in th
hours between the killing and the arrest said "I dont know" or "I can
remember" to nearly all the questions. She said that she hasn
discussed what happened with McGee.
Think that we heard answers like that from Bondy et al a few year
back.
From a "Barrack Room Lawers" point of view it appears that attemptin
to pervert the course of justice might be uttered when one of the
cracks.

"Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive". Si
Walter Scott

Or as Alice said, "interestinger and interestinger"

The Australian Newspaper is also giving good coverage of this ...
arrrgh...what ! bloody shambles.

Cheers
Hug

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Old June 28th 05, 06:18 AM
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News on the Kapunda Road Royal Commission:
http://www.service.sa.gov.au/krrc/

Important note: Written submissions for Terms of Reference 9 and 9A
http://www.service.sa.gov.au/krrc/05...fReference.pdf

Extract from Terms of Reference:

".......9. You may include in your report recommendations arising fro
your findings as to such reasonably practicable reforms of any law
practice or procedure that will enhance or improve the investigatio
and prosecution of similar offences......"

Must be received by Commission staff no later than c.o.b Friday 1 July
2005.

Commission Premises
Level 1, 26 Flinders Street
ADELAIDE SA 5000

Phone: (08) 8463 7971
Fax: (08) 8463 7988
Email:
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Old June 29th 05, 01:26 AM
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Oh what a devious web some folks weave.

Hit-run lawyer 'evaded justice' but it's not over: By Tom Richardson
June 29, 2005
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...34-421,00.html

THE vice is tightening on hit-run lawyer Eugene McGee, with roya
commissioner Greg James QC declaring that the former police office
"put himself outside the law and evaded justice".

As the Kapunda Road royal commission heard final submissions yesterday
Mr James said McGee, who escaped jail and was fined $3100 over the 200
hit-run death of cyclist Ian Humphrey, might face further prosecutio
as a result of his recommendations. He issued a stark message t
lawyers for McGee and his brother Craig, who allegedly helped him avoi
arrest for several hours, that they would have their work cut out fo
them convincing the inquiry that their clients did not impede th
course of justice.

Mr James said the commission - established to assess the efficiency o
the police investigation and subsequent prosecution of McGee - migh
submit a supplementary, closed report containing material that th
Director of Public Prosecutions could use to lay new charges agains
the McGees.

Mr James told Eugene McGee's lawyer, Malcolm Blue QC, that he had "n
doubt that the police investigation was hindered" by his prolonge
absence.

He said the McGees "may be at risk of further prosecution", althoug
"whether (charges) might be brought or not is another thing entirely"
"I am a royal commissioner, not a DPP," Mr James said.

"It's not my part to retry your client, but I certainly have to look t
whether his actions affected the ability of the police to pursue a
efficient and competent investigation. "At the moment I am disposed t
the view that ... he put himself outside the law and evaded justice.
can't make it any clearer than that."

Mr James also suggested he would favour the testimony of Sydne
psychiatry professor Chris Tennant, who criticised the expert evidenc
that kept McGee out of jail. Alexander McFarlane told McGee's tria
that the lawyer had been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorde
at the time of the accident, which triggered a "dissociative state".

A shadow also looms over police investigators who failed to test McGe
for alcohol after his eventual arrest. While Mr James conceded McGee'
actions had damaged the police investigation, he said he "still had t
see whether what was done was an efficient, timely and competen
investigation".

In his closing submission, counsel assisting the commission Gran
Niemann suggested the arresting officers might not have pursued a bloo
sample because they were "intimidated (by) the profile of the matter
and "the fact that the suspect was a solicitor"

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Old July 13th 05, 10:24 AM
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Here we go, find out this Friday whether this 'cut price' roya
commission has been worth it.

fyi....Kapunda Road Royal Commission: Final Report this Friday


More at: http://bicyclejustice.blogspot.com


Royal commission more about law reform than retrial
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...7/s1413404.htm

The royal commissioner looking into the death of South Australian
cyclist Ian Humphrey in 2003 and the subsequent court case of hit-run
driver Eugene McGee says the commission's final report is more about
points of law and procedure rather than any retrial.

Greg James QC is due to hand his final report to the Governor o
Friday.

Commissioner James says he will make recommendations for law reform
after reviewing how the case was handled by police and draw the
attention of relevant authorities to it.

"Now that's not a recommendation that somebody be prosecuted or
retried or anything of that order," he said.

"It's simply drawing to the attention of authorities in a closed
report matters which they may wish to consider.

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Old July 15th 05, 08:22 AM
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Ok, here we go:

-.....The Royal Commissioner also delivered a secret second report t
the state government which discussed whether further charges should b
laid against McGee. Premier Rann said the secret report was "quit
extraordinary" and had been handed to Government lawyers for "seriou
and urgent thought".....-


SA hit-and-run case draws criticism July 15, 2005
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...-29277,00.html
A ROYAL Commissioner has criticised police and prosecutors over thei
handling of the controversial case of Adelaide hit-run lawyer Eugen
McGee.

McGee, a former police prosecutor turned criminal lawyer, was drivin
his four-wheel drive in South Australia's Barossa Valley when he struc
and killed a cyclist in November, 2003. McGee, who told his SA Distric
Court trial he had been drinking in the hours preceding the fata
crash, fled the scene and was not arrested until more than six hour
after the accident.

The prominent lawyer was not breath or blood-tested for alcohol.

In April this year, a jury found McGee not guilty of causing death b
dangerous driving but guilty of the lesser charge of driving withou
due care.

McGee, who had earlier pleaded guilty to charges of failing to stop an
render assistance at the accident scene, was fined a total of $3,100 an
disqualified from driving for 12 months.

After widespread public outcry at the perceived lenient sentence, S
Premier Mike Rann called a Royal Commission into the handling of th
case.

Today, Royal Commissioner Greg James QC delivered his report
criticising the handling of the accident investigation and subsequen
prosecution.

"The SAPOL (SA police) investigation ... was not undertake
appropriately, efficiently and expeditiously in all respects," Mr Jame
found.

"SAPOL did not maintain full control over the investigation at al
relevant times.

"In a number of respects, the SAPOL investigation is open to criticis
that it was inappropriately conducted."

Mr James also criticised the Office of the Director of Publi
Prosecutions (DPP) for not rebutting psychiatric evidence called by th
defence that McGee did not stop at the accident scene because he was i
a "disassociated" state.

"The DPP did not take adequate steps to obtain alternative exper
psychiatric evidence," Mr James said.

"The prosecution should have called expert psychiatric evidence."

Mr James recommended changes to some laws, including increasin
penalties for causing death by dangerous driving to life imprisonment
and creating a new offence of causing death or injury by drivin
without due care.

The Royal Commissioner also delivered a secret second report to th
state government which discussed whether further charges should be lai
against McGee.

Premier Rann said the secret report was "quite extraordinary" and ha
been handed to Government lawyers for "serious and urgent thought".

Mr Rann said Mr James' report "absolutely totally vindicated" th
government in calling the royal commission

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