Former Sunrise presenter Andrew O’Keefe has had his conviction upheld on three counts of domestic-violence-related assault. O'Keefe was a former White Ribbon ambassador, a global movement to end male violence against women and girls. For support contact 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732). Video by AAP.
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00:00I'll give a more comprehensive statement later on, when I've had a chance to consider the findings.
00:05Obviously I'm very disappointed.
00:07The technical team, I think, has done a good job of parsing the evidence before me.
00:13I will say the extent of the current state of law in this area of the law.
00:18It's not surprising that I watch this appeal,
00:21because the prosecution is garrantly privileged,
00:24I'm privileged in the way that they collect and present evidence,
00:28whereas defence is denied basic rights at every step of the process.
00:33That's what we saw in this process today, and that's all I can say.