Paternity Betrayal in Australia- an issue that wont be allowed to go away

by Cheryl King

Meredith McClelland married Liam Magill in April 1988. Meredith’s betrayal started on the very day she & Liam took their sacred marriage vows and continued after the marriage. Meredith lied to Liam about her contraception (among other things). Then came Meredith’s affair with Derek Rowe which (unbeknown to Liam) produced 2 children during the Magill’s 4 year marriage. But lets go back to when Meredith was born in 1966 just one year before High Court Judge-Justice Susan Crennan had her first own first child in 1967. Little did we all know back then in the 60’s how Susan (nee Walsh) Crennan’s own personal scenario would be so entwined with Liam Magill’s life many years later in 2006? Now consider the parallel insofar as Susan Crennan (nee Walsh) gave birth to 2 children which according to Susan, turned out to be the offspring of her lover, Michael Crennan, while Susan was still living with her then spouse Max. Like Meredith, Susan deserted her spouse and broke his heart. The heart of the same man who thought he was ‘dad’ to her 2 children. The similarities between the life of Susan Crennan (nee Walsh) & Meredith Magill are striking. No one today has the stomach to deal with this appalling scandal and the miscarriage of justice that the High Court perpetrated against Liam Magill in 2006. Crennan should have excused herself from sitting on the Magill appeal. This ‘Watergate-like’ issue has been made known to: All the Justices of the High Court of Australia, The Governor-General, The Prime Minister, The Federal Opposition Leader, The Federal Attorney-General, The Shadow Attorney-General,  number of Federal MP’s … and the list goes on.

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The Sydney Daily Telegraph researched the story thoroughly and a great many credible and professional people were interviewed by senior reporter Janet Fife-Yeomans. Documentation, photos and other relevant material was also provided to the Daily Telegraph substantiate this story. The Australian public have a right to know about this. A 2000-word feature article was compiled and was about to be published in 2009 when at the last minute, it was pulled and everyone faced a stony silence. Many honest and decent people were put through enormous turmoil to get the facts in place for this story. This includes Susan Crennan’s ex-spouse Max and Liam Magill. This judge broke the law and no one wants to take her to task. Where are the Carl Bernstein’s, Bob Woodward’s and Ben Bradlee’s of the Australian media? Have you all simply lost your nerve to print the truth?

Cheryl King 

kingcems@alphalink.com.au

High Court Judge presiding over MAGILL paternity fraud case had a child as a result of affair

Wednesday  20  February 2008 

High Court Judge, Justice Susan Crennan, who presided over the now infamous Liam Magill paternity case, had herself given birth as the result of an affair, according to the new book, “Days of Tempest” to be released today.Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism, the Honorable Martin Ferguson, confirmed the allegations were true in a private meeting with Mr Magill & Ms King in late 2006.The Magill case began following DNA tests in 2000, which revealed Mr. Magill was the biological father of only the first of their three children born to his then wife, Meredith Magill, between April 1989 and November 1991.
After the couple separated in late 1992, Mr. Magill made child support payments for all three children until 1999. At one time, his take-home pay was reduced to about $130 a week.

He was awarded compensation in 2002, but that decision was overturned in the Court of Appeal. Mr. Magill launched a further appeal to the High Court, which ruled against him in November  2006.

“The High Court’s decision should be made null and void.  It was a total conflict of interest, and Crennan should have excused herself,” said Mr. Magill’s current partner, Cheryl King.  Justice Crennan’s past was made known to Mr. Magill by Herald Sun columnist, Andrew Bolt.

“A short time before the High Court of Australia handed down their decision, our lawyer received a phone call from Andrew Bolt, a journalist from the Herald Sun Newspaper, in Melbourne. He raised an issue about Justice Susan Crennan and her past adultery/affair, which produced a son,” said Ms King.

A short time after the High Court’s decision, Liam Magill & Cheryl King met with the now Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism, the Honorable Martin Ferguson.  Ferguson confirmed that the paternity issues surrounding Susan Crennan were in fact accurate.

“Ferguson said that through information provided by his colleagues, he could confirm the rumors were true,” said Ms King.  Ferguson used this meeting to remind Magill & King that Crennan was a Howard Government appointee – a fact that was already known to Magill & King. The book, “Days of Tempest” – The Liam Magill Story, by American author Lea Anna Cooper, alleges that Justice Susan Crennan was in a relationship at the time she had this affair, and she already had one son by her then spouse.

 

“Days of Tempest” is available online at:

http://leaannacooperseastofeden.com/index.html