Overview

• On June 20, 2025, at Sydney’s Downing Centre Courthouse, Magistrate Clare Farnan concluded that Maguire gave false testimony to the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption about expected gains from a $48 million Campsie development sale.
• Farnan rejected his legal team’s bid to suppress the conviction until his separate Commonwealth jury trial, citing the community’s interest in open justice.
• Prosecutors relied on covert-recorded phone calls and a wiretap to show he misrepresented his commission expectations during his July 2018 ICAC hearing.
• The offence carries a maximum penalty of two years’ imprisonment, with Maguire’s sentencing scheduled for a later date.
• The case also recalls his 2020 exposure for a secret relationship with then-premier Gladys Berejiklian and his July 2018 resignation during the ICAC’s Operation Dasha investigation.