Tuesday, September 09, 2003

The Courier-Mail: Newsreader hopes fame will keep him out of jail [08sep03]

The Courier-Mail: Newsreader hopes fame will keep him out of jail [08sep03]

Celebrity Myth

Darren McDonald was a news reader on Australia's Nine and Seven networks before working in his profession here in New Zealand. The Australian media speculated if he would be kept out of jail due to his celebrity.

In New Zealand, United Future MP Marc Alexander has criticised the result stating that Mr McDonald got preferential treatment.

Barrister Marie Dyhrberg clarifies home detention in another case, and rejects the description of "flashy" used by the MP.

MPs would be at an advantage if their research occured by examination of facts, and what Government Depts do rather than speculation in the international media.

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