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The son of former NSW Labor premier Kristina Keneally has had his appeal dismissed.
Constable Daniel Keneally had a telephone conversation in February 2021 with a man named Luke Moore. Keneally then submitted a report that falsely claimed Moore had made threats about wanting a Goulburn detective “dead” and had said he was “as good as gone”. This resulted in Moore being charged with using a carriage service to menace and threaten to kill, and refused bail, resulting in him spending time in jail for three weeks.
Moore had fortunately recorded his discussion with Constable Keneally, and the recording showed that Keneally’s report was false.
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An appeal has been filed on behalf of Judge Salvatore Vasta following a ground-breaking decision which held him personally liable for false imprisonment of a man who appeared before him in a family law matter.
In August, Judge Vasta became the first Judge in Australian history to be successfully sued for a decision he made as a judge.
The suit arose from a decision of Vasta made on 6 December 2018, when he sentenced a self-represented man to a period of imprisonment of twelve (12) months.
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