Saturday, March 23, 2024

Eddie Obeid appears in video link from prison

 



Obeid, Joe Tripodi and Tony Kelly formally entered pleas of not guilty in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court yesterday to charges of wilful misconduct in public office.

Eddie Obeid was jailed in October 2021 for a maximum of seven years.    Dressed in prison greens, he appeared in court yesterday via audiovisual link from Long Bay prison to enter his plea of not guilty. He is eligible for parole on August 20 next year.

His trial with Tripodi and Kelly is slated to start on May 12, 2025, with an estimate of nine weeks.


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