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Former ACT Party president to challenge sexual abuse convictions in Court of Appeal

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Former ACT Party president Tim Jago will appeal his sexual abuse convictions in June, arguing a miscarriage of justice due to an unbalanced jury summing-up and unreasonable verdicts.

Convicted of eight indecent assault charges involving two teenage boys in the 1990s, Jago is currently serving a 2.5-year prison sentence.

He claims home detention was the appropriate penalty and continues to deny guilt.

Survivors, including Paul Oliver, say the appeal prolongs their trauma, calling it a “vanity project” and criticising the imbalance in legal resources between Jago and his victims.

“It seems like a lot of time wasting and expense for Jago’s own vanity project,” victim Paul Oliver told state-funded media.

“Mr Jago wasn’t eligible for home detention because he was still insisting his innocence. That’s why the prison sentence. He wasn’t afforded sentence reductions.”

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  1. Any ‘Political Figure’ that does not abide by the Zio-Globalist Doctrine are always targeted and accused, with the most effective tool of retaliation being…’sexual abuse’..!

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