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Former NSW MP Daryl Maguire has confronted courtroom after he was charged with prison conspiracy over an alleged visa fraud.
The previous Wagga Wagga MP appeared in Sydney’s Downing Middle Native Courtroom on Tuesday for a short point out.
Maguire’s matter returns to courtroom on March 21 for a cost certification however he has been excused from touring from Wagga Wagga to attend.
Maguire, 63, was charged in November however has not but entered a plea, and his conditional bail was continued on Tuesday.
His lawyer Jim Harrowell instructed reporters outdoors courtroom that he’s but to see the case towards him.
“I actually have in my pocket a USB which was served, which is the transient, which is a pair weeks late, so as soon as I’ve learn that we’ll know what to do,” he mentioned.
Maguire allegedly conspired with migration agent Maggie Sining Logan to breach the migration act between January 2013 and August 2015.
He faces jail time or a most superb of $34,000.
Maguire resigned from NSW parliament in 2018 after an anti-corruption inquiry, which later uncovered his secret romantic relationship with former premier Gladys Berejiklian.
There isn’t a suggestion Ms Berejiklian was concerned in any alleged offence.
Whereas compelled to provide truthful proof at ICAC, Maguire admitted utilizing his place as an MP, parliamentary secretary and NSW Asia-Pacific parliamentary friendship group chair “with a view to creating wealth” for himself and his associates between 2012 and 2018.
On multiple event, Maguire mentioned he accepted the supply of 1000’s of {dollars} of money to his parliamentary workplace to permit him to take his lower.
“Proof given in ICAC will not be admissible on this courtroom case, that is the legislation,” Mr Harrowell mentioned outdoors courtroom.
Maguire instructed reporters he was “effectively” as he left together with his lawyer.
– AAP
