Trio on Trial for Conspiracy Involving Moving Children

Three people, including a GP, are facing court on allegations they conspired to avoid the law with a complex cross-border operation to move a child interstate. A Brisbane District Court jury on Feb. 5 heard evidence that hair dye and hats were purchased as part of a plan to relocate a child from Queensland to New South Wales (NSW). Grafton doctor William Russell Pridgeon, Patrick Finbar McGarry O’Dea, and Ann Kathleen Greer have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to defeat justice. O’Dea also faces three counts relating to the alleged unlawful publication of court proceedings that included identifying people and three counts of using a carriage service to offend....