Cardross trial judge dies: ‘Great and vital’ advocate and reformer

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FORMER Victorian Supreme Court judge Philip Cummins, who presided over the trial of Cardross crash driver Thomas ­Towle, has died. As well as the six-week trial of Towle, Mr Cummins was the presiding judge in the trials of the Silk-Miller police murders, the death of Daniel Valerio and the trial of Robert Farquharson. Mr Cummins […]

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