THE Crown yesterday offered no evidence against barrister Kevin Egan on a count of assisting his former Legal Department colleague Warwick Reid to escape.
Egan, 46, was formally acquitted of that count by Deputy Judge Jones. He still faces three charges connected with Reid's fleeing the territory.
The move by Mr Adrian Huggins QC for the Crown, followed the decision a day earlier to delete one particular in that count which alleged Egan had passed information to Reid about the ICAC investigation into his assets.
The charge on which he was acquitted alleged he assisted Reid with intent to impede his apprehension or prosecution by offering to obtain a shotgun for him, and providing him with a firearm and ammunition and a passport.
The case was adjourned until today when it is expected Mr John McNamara will make further submissions to the judge on behalf of Egan. The judge has been hearing legal arguments since last Monday. A jury has not yet been empanelled.
The three charges remaining allege that he possessed a firearm without a licence, transferred his Australian passport to Reid and possessed arms and ammunition with intent to endanger life between October 1989 and January 1990.