Former Ipswich council officer Craig Maudsley appealing conviction and sentence after being found guilty
The Ipswich council’s former chief operator of works, parks and recreation was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to 18 months’ jail. Now he’s planning to fight the conviction.
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A former senior Ipswich City Council officer who was sentenced to 18 months’ jail is appealing his conviction and sentence.
The council’s former chief operator of works, parks and recreation Craig Maudsley was found guilty of misconduct as a public officer after a four-day trial in the Ipswich District Court in July.
The jury heard he obtained a discounted rate for landfill contractor Wayne Innes’s company to dump rubbish in a former open-cut coal mine in Redbank Plains.
He was found guilty of the charge that between September 14, 2016 and November 23, 2016 when as a public officer he facilitated the dumping of fill in preferential terms in an abuse of authority of office to dishonesty gain financial benefit for Landfill Logistics, or with intent to dishonestly cause financial detriment to Colmine Consulting Pty.
The jury heard Maudsley instructed Mr Innes’ company to classify their loads as council fill with conversations captured by the Crime and Corruption Commission during its investigation into the council.
Maudsley was part of the council’s efforts to rehabilitate the former Wattle Glen mine, with operator Colmine Consulting holding the council contract for the site.
When sentencing him, Judge Dennis Lynch said there had been no personal benefit to Maudsley.
Maudsley was sentenced to 18 months’ jail and ordered to serve four months in custody, with the sentence to then be suspended for two years.
He has appealed both his conviction and sentence with his appeal listed for hearing on November 11.
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