Abuse of public office charges dropped against former Renewal SA chief executive John Hanlon

Prosecutors have dropped their long-running case against former Renewal SA boss John Hanlon on the morning his jury trial was due to start — one day after a District Court judge threw out key evidence against him.

The 64-year-old was first charged with abuse of public office in 2020 after an investigation by then-Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC) Bruce Lander KC.

Prosecutors alleged Mr Hanlon billed taxpayers for a trip to Berlin in 2017 so he could see his grandchild being born, and did no official work for Renewal SA, an agency that sells land on behalf of the state government.

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