Parliament finds O’Sullivan potentially liable to statutory offences, following his walkout

By Johnathan Paoli

Parliament has found that controversial forensic examiner Paul O’Sullivan may have committed statutory offences after abruptly walking out of the ad-hoc committee proceedings while under examination, with the national legislature fully prepared with a summons should he fail to return to complete his testimony.

The opinion, delivered by Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Services Office, was outlined during the committee’s sitting as part of an update on O’Sullivan’s conduct during hearings held last week Thursday.

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The legal opinion was summarised by fellow legal advisor Telana Halley-Starkey from Parliament Legal Services, who told members that O’Sullivan’s conduct potentially triggered criminal liability.

“The central question, therefore, is twofold: what are the remedies available to this committee to compel Mr O’Sullivan to complete his examination and secondly, does his