{"id":31816,"date":"2021-04-20T09:38:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T21:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=31816"},"modified":"2021-04-20T09:38:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T21:38:19","slug":"real-estate-agent-says-mp-had-no-permission-at-all-to-use-his-name-to-sell-farms-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/real-estate-agent-says-mp-had-no-permission-at-all-to-use-his-name-to-sell-farms-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Real estate agent says MP had \u2018no permission at all\u2019 to use his name to sell farms | Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: Tim McCurdy leaving Shepparton Magistrates Court on October 3, 2018. Picture: Kaitlyn Offer\/AAP<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A real estate agent has told a jury a Victorian Nationals MP \u201chad no permission at all\u201d to use his name to sell two dairy farms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tim McCurdy is accused of using false documents to facilitate the sale of two dairy farms in northern Victoria that netted him almost $270,000 in commissions.<\/p>\n

The offending allegedly unfolded in 2009, before Mr McCurdy was elected to state parliament in 2010.<\/p>\n

Mr McCurdy is fighting the allegations.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors have alleged he facilitated the sales of properties at Katamatite and Boosey, north of Shepparton, using letterheads from Andrew Gilmour Real Estate.<\/p>\n

Mr McCurdy is charged with five fraud offences including using false documents and obtaining property by deception.<\/p>\n

Mr Gilmour told the trial on Monday he never gave approval to Mr McCurdy, his former colleague and neighbour, to use his name in any transactions.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had no permission at all,\u201d Mr Gilmour said.<\/p>\n

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