Major police fraud charges against Framlingham aboriginal leader Geoff Clark, his wife Trudi and two of their sons have been adjourned for further hearing in Warrnambool court on May 31.
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Mr Clark, Trudi and their two sons Aaron and Jeremy appeared in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court on Friday morning for a committal mention hearing.
They have been charged with 1170 offences.
Magistrate Steve Raleigh adjourned further hearing of the case until May 31, for another committal mention.
He suggested the case may have to be moved to Melbourne due to the huge volume of charges and the complexity of the case.
There are 19,000 pages in the police brief of evidence.
Mr Clark indicated outside court he would be pleading not guilty to all charges.
He said he had spent a lifetime working for the community and the case was irreparably splitting the Framlingham community.
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