Former speaker and former deputy Chief Minister no longer giving evidence at trial

A NUMBER of previously announced high profile government identities will no longer give evidence in the ongoing rape trial of former top cop Peter Bravos

Former speaker Kezia Purick will no longer be called to give evidence in the Peter Bravos trial. Picture: Justin Kennedy

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A NUMBER of previously announced high profile government identities will no longer give evidence in the ongoing rape trial of former top cop Peter Bravos.

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Former speaker Kezia Purick and Children’s Commissioner Colleen Gwynne (who is currently under investigation by NT Police) were initially announced as being among the 44 witnesses that could be called to give evidence in Bravos’s trial.

Former speaker Kezia Purick will no longer give evidence in the trial. Picture: Justin Kennedy

Bravos, who was then a member of the drug squad, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual intercourse without consent dating back to 2004 against a fellow cop.

Crown prosecutor in the trial Nick Papas QC told the court yesterday that he no longer intends to call Ms Purick or Ms Gwynne.

Colleen Gwynne will no longer give evidence in the trial. Picture: Justin Kennedy

Mr Papas also said he no longer intends to call other high-profile witnesses former deputy Chief Minister Willem Westra van Holthe and Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Matt Nathan SC.

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NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker, however, is still expected to be called to give evidence.

The court has so far heard from a number of witnesses since the trial began last Monday including a number of current and former members of NT Police.

The trial is expected to run for another two and a half weeks.