McGrail pleads not guilty, Howitt on Bayside plans, free childcare?
The former Commissioner of Police, Ian McGrail, pleaded not guilty to a charge of sexual assault today. The 56-year-old arrived with his lawyer Nick Gomez and blew a kiss to the more than 25 family and friends who had turned up to support him.
His lawyer requested the case be heard in the Magistrates' Court as soon as possible with jurisdiction accepted by Stipendiary Magistrate Charles Pitto. Our court reporter Katy Docker was followed proceedings and joined us in the studio with the latest.
Plans have been filed for a six-building development on the site of the old Bayside School and St…
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