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Country Care criminal-cartel trial sees witnesses’ recollections of 2014 meeting thrust center stage

By James Panichi ( March 7, 2019, 06:58 GMT | Insight) -- A video recording tendered as evidence to an Australian court as part of the landmark Country Care criminal-cartel prosecution is missing a key moment of a conference showing when an illegal agreement among competitors was allegedly put in place, a judge has revealed during a court hearing in Melbourne. In an exchange with prosecutors today, Judge Charlie Rozencwajg revealed that the “contentious part” of the 2014 recording of the conference was missing from a video tendered as evidence. That has focused the defense’s attention on witnesses’ recollection of what was said at the meeting.A video recording tendered as evidence to an Australian court as part of the landmark Country Care criminal-cartel prosecution is missing a key moment of a conference showing when an illegal agreement among competitors was allegedly put in place, a judge suggested during a court hearing in Melbourne today....

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