Journalist caught 'hook, line and sinker'

By Greta Stonehouse
Updated May 11 2021 - 4:49pm, first published 4:42pm
Reporter Stephen Barrett was manipulated into a blackmail scheme, his lawyer says.
Reporter Stephen Barrett was manipulated into a blackmail scheme, his lawyer says.

A dishonest and greedy witness who was blackmailing millions of dollars from alleged tax fraudsters caught an investigative journalist "hook, line and sinker" in his plan, a jury has heard.

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