LITHGOW Local Court has heard allegations of a leading trotting steward’s role in a race fixing scam that netted him $400,000.
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Paul Anthony O’Toole, 48, of Sublime Point Road, Leura, yesterday appeared in handcuffs before magistrate Georgia Knight on 34 charges of receiving a corrupt benefit as an agent and four counts of attempting to receive a corrupt benefit.
He was remanded on self recognizance to appear for plea or mention in the Downing Centre local Court on December 8.
In granting bail, Ms Knight said O’Toole must not contact a number of trotting identities including Greg Bennett, Mathew Bentley, Michael Russo, Dean Atkinson and Cameron Fitzpatrick.
He was also ordered to surrender his passport, report to Katoomba police twice weekly and not to go within 500 metres of any international departure point.
