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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose NSW state correspondent

Daryl Maguire had ‘emotional hold’ over Gladys Berejiklian, Icac lawyer tells court

Former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is appealing the findings of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian is appealing the findings of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption. Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Gladys Berejiklian’s former boyfriend, the disgraced ex-MP Daryl Maguire, was a “special kind of serial pest” who had an “emotional hold” over the former state premier, a lawyer representing the New South Wales corruption watchdog has told a court.

Defending the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s findings of corrupt conduct on the part of Berejiklian, Stephen Free SC told the court of appeal Berejiklian’s “vision for her future” with her Liberal colleague had impacted her judgment.

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