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Fraud case against former Logan councillors over sacked CEO hits trouble
Thursday March 18, 2021
The fraud case against the former Logan mayor Luke Smith and seven of his former councillor colleagues appears to be faltering in a major embarrassment to Queensland’s anti-corruption watchdog.
The Australian is reporting that prosecutors are preparing to withdraw the case, pursued vigorously by Crime and Corruption Commission chair Alan MacSporran despite doubts in legal circles that the charges were warranted.
The charges relate to the councillors voting in 2018 to sack Logan council’s then chief executive Sharon Kelsey, who claimed to be a…
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