Queensland magistrate suppresses identity of man with ‘high public profile’ in extortion case

Cairns courthouse, where a suppression order protecting the identity of a high-profile Queensland man in an ongoing extortion case has been extended. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP

A Queensland magistrate has suppressed the name of a man with a “high public profile” during an ongoing extortion case in Cairns.

The man – referred to in court as MM – is not a party to the case, which was back before the Cairns magistrates court on Monday.