PENNY DROPS

EX-MAYORAL CANDIDATE’S PERJURY CASE

LAWYERS for failed Gold Coast mayoral candidate Penny Toland will this morning ask for the perjury charge against her to be thrown out.

Toland is accused of misleading the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) about the support she received from the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) during the 2016 Gold Coast City Council elections.

During a committal hearing in the Southport Magistrate Court yesterday, defence barrister Saul Holt foreshadowed he would make a “no case submission” when the case resumes this morning. LEA EMERY REPORTS P2