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Woodville Pizza Bar worker ‘still in hiding’ and feels like a political scapegoat, lawyer says
The Woodville Pizza Bar worker at the centre of South Australia’s statewide lockdown last year is still “essentially in hiding” and feeling like “a political scapegoat”, his lawyer has told a parliamentary committee.
Key points:
- South Australia was plunged into a brief lockdown last year
- The worker’s lawyer would not say whether his client misled contact tracers
- He claims contact tracers did not identify themselves during an interview
The State Government imposed a coronavirus lockdown last November in the midst of growing case numbers linked to the Parafield cluster.
But the lockdown was cut short after only three days, when authorities revealed they believed the pizza bar worker had misled contact tracers about his connections to the…
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