A lawyer acting for former Victorian MP Russell Northe says his client has been assessed by a psychiatrist and is not fit to stand trial over allegations of falsifying expense documents.
before retiring less than three months ago. The charges relate to his conduct while he was a serving parliamentarian.His lawyer told Magistrate Andrew Halse in the Latrobe Valley Magistrates’ Court that Melbourne psychiatrist Dr Ajit Emmanuel had completed an assessment of Northe’s mental health and concluded that he was not fit to stand trial.IBAC investigators allege that in 2019 and 2020 Northe used falsified documents relating to expenses for his office on Kay Street in Traralgon.
He also allegedly provided false documents relating to the purchase of a $6000 printer and, according to IBAC, provided an audit certificate, obtained through the provision of false documents, to the Victorian Electoral Commission on April 20, 2020.The court granted Northe an adjournment so he can complete a more extensive mental health report. He is due to appear in court in March.
He served as opposition spokesman on consumer affairs and liquor and gaming regulation between December 2014 and December 2016.
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