Police v McKeown – my first prosecution
August 14, 2007 |
It has been a while since I handled a criminal law brief. All defendant’s work. When an offer to undertake a proseuction came along it was hard to resist, if a little terrifying.
Police v McKeown, a prosecution under the Marine Act, was scheduled to run for 5 days. In the end, as is often the case, there was a plea. The report of the first day’s hearing was in the Herald Sun on 7 August, at page 12:
On 7 August 2007 the defendant was fined $5,000 and had a conviction recorded against him.
