'This case is falling apart': the criminal trial and the big, bad tweeter | Kate_McClymont
One of the enduring mysteries of the criminal trial of Eddie Obeid, his son Moses, and Obeid snr’s former ministerial colleague Ian Macdonald is the identity behind a Twitter account used to harass journalists, make scathing comments about the Crown’s case and question the credibility of prosecution witnesses.
The profile photo for Maardrix is a wolf baring its teeth accompanied by the words: "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?"newsroom taken on December 15, 2016, when journalists gathered to watch Eddie Obeid sentenced to three years in prison for misconduct in public office over café leases at Circular Quay.The anonymous account is dedicated to the “injustice” of the case against former mining ministers Obeid, 76, and Macdonald, 71, and Moses Obeid, 51.
The following day this tweet was posted: “Sit back and enjoy as the Obeid scandal turns into the ICAC scandal. No evidence=the crown is just short of insisting that we all use our imagination.” Maardrix tweeted, “Star crown witness Peter Fitzhenry fails to assist the dpp” and his wife Nicole “ failed to remember facts & dates…. Her story has varied from sentence to sentence.”
Maardrix is also consumed with wreaking vengeance on both the ICAC, which is referred to more than 100 times in the tweets, and this reporter.
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