A greyhound breeder has been found not guilty of using a phone to threaten Dubbo MP and former deputy premier Troy Grant during the racing ban controversy.
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Toby Agustus Weekes, 32, of Molong, was facing a charge of using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend.
He pleaded not guilty and faced a two-day hearing in Dubbo Local Court this week.
Anyone found guilty of the offence could face a maximum penalty of a jail term.
Magistrate Paul Hayes found Mr Weekes not guilty after the hearing and dismissed the matter.
The allegations against Weekes and co-accused Christopher Steven Wilson arose in August last year during the controversy that met Premier Mike Baird’s move to ban greyhound racing from July 1 this year.
Weekes, and Wilson, 22, were arrested one day after three threatening phone calls were made to Mr Grant’s electorate office in Dubbo.
This week during Mr Weekes’ hearing the prosecution produced a number of exhibits, including statements from detectives, CD and DVD recordings, court documents show.
The accused was represented by solicitor Bryan Wrench of Sydney-based firm Murphy’s Lawyers.
The verdict brought the case to a close after more than a year.
In May Wilson had pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend, and an intimidation charge and was sentenced by magistrate Terry Lucas in Orange Local Court in May.