FORMER Queensland government minister Gordon Nuttall is a man
"trying to quieten the better angel of his conscience", a court has been told.
Crown prosecutor Ross Martin SC began summing up the prosecution case
against Mr Nuttall, a former Beattie government minister, who has pleaded
not guilty to receiving 36 secret commissions worth $360,000 from wealthy
coalminers.
Mr Martin told the Brisbane District Court jury that Mr Nuttall had been in
denial in believing that he was doing nothing wrong in accepting the payments.
Mr Martin asked the jury to think about Mr Nuttall's mindset, saying it was
that of a man who had sold his soul.
Earlier, Mr Nuttall's barrister John Rivett had argued his client had done
nothing wrong in accepting the payments."(The payment) was exceptional
and it was different but that doesn't mean it was corrupt," Mr Rivett told the
jury.
The trial continues this afternoon.
The Australian
Sarah Elks
July 13, 2009
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