corruption trial of Bayswater panel beater, Pasquale Minniti.

Several senior West Australian MPs and the Police Commissioner are expected to be called as witnesses at the corruption trial of Bayswater panel beater, Pasquale Minniti.Summonses have been served on the Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan, the former Deputy Commissioner Murray Lampard, and former Labor ministers Bob Kucera and John D'Orazio.the Attorney General Jim McGinty and the former Police Minister, now Housing Minister, Michelle Roberts will also be summonsed to appear at the trial.
Mr Kucera announced his decision to retire from politics 12 days ago, about the time he received the notice to appear.He says his decision not to contest a seat at next month's poll had nothing to do with the case, and he is surprised he has been summonsed."I have no idea why I've been summonsed other than a phone call from, that I made to Mr Minniti's solicitor to say that I may be, may be, required to give character evidence as he was one of my constituents," he said.
The trial arose out of a Corruption and Crime Commission investigation into Mr Minniti's alleged invovement in a traffic infringement scam.

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