brisbane: Cameron James McKenzie, 37, was found guilty alongside Pisasale and escort Yutian Li of extorting Li's former partner for up to 10,000 after a Brisbane District Court trial in July, according to Nine News Australia. Ipswich man McKenzie is fighting to overturn his conviction and 18-month jail sentence, to be suspended after nine months. To improve your experience update it here News National Lawyer in Pisasale extortion kept in jail By AAP12 41pm Sep 13, 2019Facebook Tweet MailA solicitor who was doing what he was told to when he helped former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale extort a Sydney taxi driver has failed in a bid for release from jail. He applied for bail on Friday ahead of an appeal court hearing likely this year, in a bid to take up a job offer from an earthworks company to pay his family's mortgage. We challenge the verdict on the basis of what's possible the juror could have done in the jury room, given their knowledge and skill, McKenzie's barrister Anthony Fronis told the court. But he was denied bail in Brisbane Supreme Court after his argument that a juror who also works a solicitor could have been biased was labelled speculative by Justice Jean Dalton.
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