Overview
- Deputy Chief Magistrate Anthony Gett directed the brief be disclosed by February 9 after defence said nothing had been provided.
- Prosecutors told the court they had received much of the brief and sought two weeks to process the material.
- The matter was adjourned to February 16 for a further mention and McGuire’s bail was continued.
- Defence lawyer Emma Kearney said two statements, from a child and the child’s mother, are critical to any bid to vary bail.
- McGuire, 35, is charged with common assault and choking, suffocation or strangulation against a child after a December arrest and he did not appear at Monday’s hearing.