Corey Ireland to face trial in Wagga Wagga District Court
Alleged cattle fraudster Corey Ireland will face trial on multiple charges in a NSW district court. See the latest rulings.
Alleged cattle fraudster Corey Ireland has been committed to stand trial in the Wagga Wagga District Court.
The former Ireland’s Angus principal is facing 16 fraud charges where police will allege that he sold cattle that did not exist, were dead or had already been sold.
Mr Ireland appeared with solicitor Zac Tankard before Magistrate Rebecca Hosking and prosecutor Shea Ingold in Wagga Wagga Local Court in southern NSW on Wednesday.
He was ordered to attend court in person on Wednesday after the matter had been stood over multiple times in the past for some charges that dated back to 2020. The most recent three charges were laid in 2023.
Mr Ireland did not enter a plea and was committed to stand trial on Friday, August 2.
The bail undertaking entered by Mr Ireland on April 8, 2020 was continued.
Police facts tendered to the court, alleged that there are victims from as far south as Tasmania, Victoria, and the Riverina.
The NSW Rural Crime Prevention Team initially launched Strike Force Seger in 2019 to investigate suspected fraudulent cattle transactions.
The former home of Mr Ireland and Ireland’s Angus stud at Kyeamba, south of Wagga Wagga, was raided on December 17, 2019.
Then in 2020, he was charged by police with 13 counts of fraud. An additional three charges were laid in 2023.
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