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| Eddie Obeid denied bail days after he was sentenced to five years in jail | Eddie Obeid denied bail days after he was sentenced to five years in jail |
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| Former NSW minister Eddie Obeid won’t be home for Christmas after losing his bid for bail pending his conviction appeal which may be heard in March. | Former NSW minister Eddie Obeid won’t be home for Christmas after losing his bid for bail pending his conviction appeal which may be heard in March. |
| The NSW court of criminal appeal on Tuesday found that his proposed grounds and other matters did not amount to “special or exceptional” circumstances to warrant bail being granted. | The NSW court of criminal appeal on Tuesday found that his proposed grounds and other matters did not amount to “special or exceptional” circumstances to warrant bail being granted. |
| The 73-year-old former Labor powerbroker was jailed for a maximum of five years on Thursday after being found guilty of misconduct in public office in 2007. | The 73-year-old former Labor powerbroker was jailed for a maximum of five years on Thursday after being found guilty of misconduct in public office in 2007. |
| Obeid’s spectacular fall comes after lobbying a senior public servant in a 2007 phone call about a series of lucrative Circular Quay leases without revealing his family’s interests. | Obeid’s spectacular fall comes after lobbying a senior public servant in a 2007 phone call about a series of lucrative Circular Quay leases without revealing his family’s interests. |
| His offence was not a failure to disclose those interests but in communicating with the public servant for the purpose of advancing his or his family’s pecuniary interests, Justice Robert Beech-Jones said in handing down the maximum five-year sentence. | His offence was not a failure to disclose those interests but in communicating with the public servant for the purpose of advancing his or his family’s pecuniary interests, Justice Robert Beech-Jones said in handing down the maximum five-year sentence. |
| The appeal court would be able to hear the challenge on 15 March, said Chief Justice Tom Bathurst, sitting with Justice Clifton Hoeben and Robert Allan Hulme. | |
| “So far as matters raised in the grounds of appeal, they could have been raised before the trial judge and no direct explanation has been given as to the reason why that did not happen,” he said. | |
| But he said the proposed grounds were arguable, although not sufficiently strong to warrant bail being granted before the hearing. | |
| Obeid, who was wearing prison greens during his appearance from Silverwater jail via videolink, showed no outward response to the decision. |