The Gold Coast Bulletin

Currie case put back

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A STEWARDS hearing into 28 charges against Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie may not be heard for at least six months.

Currie’s lawyers have lodged a Supreme Court review applicatio­n seeking orders involving the charges, which arise from a raid on his stables at Toowoomba on April 7.

The applicatio­n, which mainly involves particular­s of the stewards case, has to be resolved before an inquiry can resume.

It was to be heard in the Supreme Court in Brisbane yesterday but was delisted.

A Queensland Racing Integrity Commission spokesman confirmed the stewards hearing was now unlikely to go ahead until next year.

It is usual for applicatio­ns to the court to take up to a month to get a decision which means the stewards inquiry may not start until at least April.

Currie’s lawyer Jim Murdoch said he could not comment until after legal matters had been resolved.

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