Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Extortionography: Edison Carter's or TVigilantes?

Australia - A former Sydney mayor has told a court he will plead not guilty to soliciting the murder of a male prostitute last year.

The 71-year-old former mayor of Waverley, James Robert Markham, was secretly filmed by Channel Nine's A Current Affair program, allegedly explaining his motives to hire a hitman to carry out the murder...

The alleged hitman, Channel Nine producer Andrew Byrne and reporter Ben Fordham have been charged with breaching the Listening Devices Act. (more)