General
Members of alleged child-stealing syndicate committed to stand trial
A group of people allegedly involved in a child-stealing network, which is accused of helping women abduct children in north Queensland and hide them interstate, has been committed to stand trial.
Key points:
- Seven people will face trial in the Brisbane District Court at a later date
- Prosecutors alleged the New South Wales men were the “central persons involved” in the network
- William Pridgeon, 67, and Patrick O’Dea,65, were both arrested in 2018
Seven people have been charged in relation to the alleged syndicate, including GP William Pridgeon, 67, and Patrick O’Dea, 65, who are accused of several offences each, including child stealing and conspiring to defeat justice.
Dr Pridgeon was arrested in 2018 and extradited to Queensland from New…
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