The jury retires in the trial of Noosa councillor Frank James Pardon, 70, who has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges, including the indecent treatment of a child under 16 and maintaining a sexual relationship with a minor, for acts alleged to have occurred in the 1990s.
A jury has retired to consider its verdict over whether Noosa councillor Frank Pardon indecently assaulted a teenage girl in the 1990s.Cr Pardon gave evidence saying the"First Wives Club" was out to get himToday in the District Court trial in Maroochydore, Judge Glen Cash told the jury to carefully consider the evidence before them, having heard from about 15 witnesses, including the alleged victim, her family and friends, Cr Pardon's ex-wife, and two psychiatrists.
Yesterday in the second week of the trial, Cr Pardon gave evidence denying all accusations of sexual contact with the alleged victim, and stating the"First Wives Club" was out to get him. Earlier in the trial, the court heard evidence from a former school friend of the alleged victim, who said the accused had taken them to a local pool, then provided them with alcohol, before kissing the alleged victim twice in front of her.
He said he told hundreds of women he would have left his wife for them, as a"term of endearment" and his wording in the second half of the phone call was a mistake.to do anything over the top sexually before you were 16'," he told the court. "It's impossible to isolate one aspect of a problem, you can't successfully say 'I'm only going to treat A without impinging on Y and Z' — it can't be done."
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