Verry Elleegant’s Melbourne Cup place depending on penalty, Grace Ramage has all the fallout from another big day of racing at Caulfield on Saturday. Darren Weir leaves Racing Victoria's headquarters after being questioned by officials in 2019. Dr McLean gave evidence in court on Tuesday that in his opinion Weir's horses had not shown any signs of pain when they were allegedly subjected to electric shocks and he couldn't be sure that electric shocks had actually been administered. Earlier on Wednesday, it was claimed police may have left out crucial evidence. The Crown case relies on covert police footage recorded on the October 30, 2018 that allegedly shows electric shocks being administered to horses in Weir's care using a device known as a 'jigger'. VIC and SA racing materials, including fields, form and results, is subject to copyright which is owned respectively by RV and TRSA and other parties working with them. McLean is facing 16 counts, including conspiracy to defraud stewards, animal cruelty, two of conduct that corrupted a betting outcome, six of using corrupt conduct information and possessing cocaine. Gullaci told the court the lead investigator in the case, Detective Senior Constable Cliff Pickett, had left out crucial sections of phone conversations between Weir staffers. Senior Constable Pickett, who is part of Victoria Police's Sporting Integrity Unit, testified that while he hadn't seen all of the covert footage himself, he didn't believe it contained anything incriminating. "You have tried to distort the conversation so it looks as incriminating as possible," Gullaci told Senior Constable Pickett. Weir was later disqualified for four years by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board after pleading no contest to four charges, three relating to possessing the electronic apparatus on his licensed premises and the other for conduct prejudicial to the image of racing. Tue 5 Feb 2019 21.19 EST 32 When word spread last week that Darren Weir’s stables had been raided by police, it came of little surprise to most inside in the racing industry. Weir, McLean and Kermond were arrested and released without charge following the January 29, 2019 raids. "Apart from one occasion when I saw [horses] being tortured," Senior Constable Pickett said. Evidence against trainer Darren Weir, Jarrod McLean and two others linked to his stable is set to be tested in Tuesday’s committal hearing at Ballarat Magistrates Court. The hearing, which is used to decide if there is enough evidence against Weir, McLean stablehand Tyson Kermond and William Hernan to proceed to trial, will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the specific footage was recorded on October 30, 2018, the court heard Victoria Police's brief of evidence failed to mention that secret cameras had been filming continuously at Weir's Warrnambool and Ballarat operations for several weeks around that date. The hearing, which is used to decide if there is enough evidence against Weir, McLean stablehand Tyson Kermond and William Hernan to proceed to trial, will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The defence lawyer for Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir has told a committal hearing at the Ballarat Magistrates' Court that he'll press 'forcefully' to have the case against his client thrown out. 8 September, 2020 ON, (The animal cruelty case against champion trainer Darren Weir and his associates has been adjourned until Wednesday, as police investigators seek legal advice regarding their covert surveillance of Weir's operations. But the court heard the police brief failed to mention that detectives had recorded hundreds of hours of other footage at Weir's Warrnambool and Ballarat stables in which nothing untoward had happened. Darren Weir (Image: Racing Photos) Darren Weir case adjourned. Dr McLean gave evidence in court on Tuesday that in his opinion Weir's horses had not shown any signs of pain when they were allegedly subjected to electric shocks and he couldn't be sure that electric shocks had actually been administered.

He testified that police had recorded about 460 hours of covert footage but showing it all to expert witnesses 'just wasn't feasible and it wasn't relevant'. Also during Wednesday's hearing, defence lawyer Jason Gullaci, acting for McLean, accused police of 'slicing and dicing' their phone-tap evidence, and relying on the 'footy highlights' to establish a case. Liz Hobday @liz_hobday. Darren Weir is probably the most famous son of Berriwillock, a small town in the Mallee District of Victoria, and is the leading Victorian country trainer of the …

Verry Elleegant’s Melbourne Cup place depending on penalty, Grace Ramage has all the fallout from another big day of racing at Caulfield on Saturday. Darren Weir is contesting 10 charges in court. Evidence against trainer Darren Weir, Jarrod McLean and two others linked to his stable is set to be tested in Tuesday’s committal hearing at Ballarat Magistrates Court.

The case will return to the Ballarat Magistrates' Court on October 8. Dr Andrew McLean told the court he could not be certain the horses received an electric shock during the video, and that he didn't see any signs of pain after the alleged shocks. But Senior Constable Pickett denied he had deliberately withheld exculpatory evidence from Dr McLean. © 2020 Racing Victoria Limited (RV) and other parties working with it. Darren Weir (Image: Racing Photos) Weir lawyer seeks to have case thrown out. Kermond is charged with seven offences, including a conspiracy to defraud stewards, and six of animal cruelty. Hill also accused Victoria Police of withholding evidence that could see Weir cleared of the charges. Import has the form and the weight to win a Melbourne Cup, but will he make the final field? Weir and his former stable employees Jarrod McLean, William Hernan and Tyson Kermond are contesting charges including animal cruelty and conspiring to defraud racing stewards. Weir is charged with 10 offences, including conspiring with McLean and Kermond to defraud Racing Victoria stewards between October 24 and November 17, 2018, and six counts of animal cruelty relating to thoroughbreds Yogi, Red Cardinal and Tosen Basil on October 30, 2018, at Warrnambool. Senior Constable Pickett also acknowledged he knew the extra video evidence could potentially result in Weir being cleared. Weir's lawyer, Ian Hill QC, described the conspiracy charges in particular as 'misconceived' and 'duplicitous'.

"I didn't withhold it, I just chose what to show him," he told the court. Liz Hobday @liz_hobday. Import has the form and the weight to win a Melbourne Cup, but will he make the final field? McLean allegedly placed a $100 each way bet on Red Cardinal on Cup day in 2018, which could have reaped $5200.

© 2020 Racing Victoria Limited (RV) and other parties working with it. Weir has been under investigation by police, since three electronic jiggers were found in a bedroom of his Ballarat home in January last year. VIC and SA racing materials, including fields, form and results, is subject to copyright which is owned respectively by RV and TRSA and other parties working with them.
The footage, which remains unseen by media, allegedly shows Melbourne Cup runner Red Cardinal, Yogi and Tosen Basil being jabbed with an electronic device known as a jigger as they exercised on a treadmill. Under cross examination, Senior Constable Pickett admitted he'd left parts of some of the recorded conversations out of the police brief, but he disagreed that he'd taken any information out of context. Weir and his co-accused faced a two-day hearing to decide whether there's enough evidence against them for the case to be heard in front of a jury. Weir is also facing two counts of being a prohibited person to possess a firearm. The two-day hearing was held before Magistrate Rod Saines. 9 September, 2020 ON, (The defence lawyer for Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir has told a committal hearing at the Ballarat Magistrates' Court that he'll press 'forcefully' to have the case against his client thrown out. Under cross examination by Hill, Senior Constable Pickett acknowledged he hadn't told two key prosecution witnesses, animal expert Dr Andrew McLean and Chief Steward Robert Cram, that police had recorded hundreds of hours of other footage during their investigation. It’s alleged the horses were tortured, abused, overworked and terrified when jiggers, or conducted energy devices, were used to shock them while they ran on a treadmill wearing blinkers, causing unreasonable pain or suffering.

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