National Crime Authority bomber’s son Anthony Perre pleads guilty to speeding
The day before his father was found guilty of the shocking NCA bombing, a former northern suburbs lawyer learnt his fate for his own charges.
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The son of NCA bomber Domenic Perre was convicted of speeding less than 24 hours before his father was found guilty of a crime that rocked the state.
Anthony Perre, 40, of Waterloo Corner pleaded guilty to driving at a dangerous speed after a second charge of exceeding the speed limit by 45km/h was withdrawn.
About 24 hours before his father would learn his own fate, Anthony Perre on Wednesday was convicted by Magistrate Mark Semmens in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court and fined $500, and his licence was disqualified for one month.
Perre was once a popular northern suburbs lawyer – a role he filled for 18 years – and was the director of his own firm based out of Salisbury until November last year.
In 2017, Perre pleaded guilty to two summary offences – diverting electricity and possessing prescribed equipment for growing cannabis for personal use – after police found a drug bunker under his house.
He was convicted and fined $1400.
At the time, Magistrate Yoong Fee Chin said Perre’s offending had the potential to bring the legal profession into disrepute.
“The members of the legal profession in a democratic society … are the de facto guardians of the law. This calling has to be zealously guarded,” Mr Chin said.
Perre was also found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and had his practising certificate suspended for six weeks after a two-year investigation by Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner Greg May.
SA Law society president Justin Stewart-Rattray confirmed to The Messenger Perre was now an ex-lawyer and was no longer practising.
According to Perre’s business profile he now works as a traffic controller.
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