A committal hearing into a $2.48 million fraud case will restart on Wednesday after a barrister suffered life-threatening injuries in a cycling accident.
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Barrister James Westmore suffered extremely serious head and internal injuries when he was involved in a collision with a four-wheel-drive near Dennington on Saturday, February 8.
On Tuesday he was still in a critical condition at Melbourne's The Alfred hospital.
Long-time Framlingham Aboriginal Trust administrator Geoff Clark, his wife Trudi and two of their sons, Jeremy and Aaron, have been charged by police with a total of 1171 offences.
Geoff Clark has always maintained his innocence, labelling the charges and proceedings as a "witch hunt".
The committal hearing on Wednesday is expected to hear from long-time FAT board member Aboriginal elder Aunty Violet Clark, who is suffering poor health, and former FAT bookkeeper Allan Thomas is expected to complete his evidence during the next three days.
The remainder of the 20 witnesses are expected to give their evidence between June 9 and 19.
So far the court has heard from seven witnesses.
It's understood that barristers John Moore and James Anderson, who are also appearing in the committal, are close colleagues with Mr Westmore.
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