A barrister in NSW has allegedlly accepted a payment of $12, 000 on the promise of making a police investigation disappear through bribes to the prosecutor.
On Monday, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry into whether John Hart bribed a prosecutor, judge or magistrate to give favourable treatment to his clients began.
A former client of Hart, Jason Michael Kelly, told ICAC Hart approached him following his acquittal in a sexual assault trial in February and warned police would investigate further allegations, reported The Australian.
"Mr Hart said to me that (a NSW police detective) had told him I might have got off this time but she was going to get me on something and she was not going to stop until she did," he said.
"(Mr Hart) said, 'You might survive this case, but there is no way you can go through this again ... you won't survive'."
Hart allegedly said: "I can make this go away. I can make a payment to some people."
Kelly paid $10,000 into Hart's TAB account and gave him $2000 in cash to ensure the investigation would disappear.
Recorded conversations between Hart and Kelly were played to the inquiry, including one from April .
Information from: Lawyer’s Weekly
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