Journalist on trial accused of blackmail

By Greta Stonehouse
Updated April 8 2021 - 5:57pm, first published 5:55pm
Veteran journalist Stephen Barrett (right) is on trial accused of blackmail.
Veteran journalist Stephen Barrett (right) is on trial accused of blackmail.

A veteran Sydney journalist's threat to expose the masterminds behind an alleged million-dollar tax fraud was done to blackmail them, a jury has head.

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