Daniel Duggan: federal agent ‘regrets’ incorrect evidence in ex-US military pilot case, NSW court hears

Daniel Duggan’s lawyer calls for restraining order on property to be thrown out due to ‘unacceptable sequence of events’

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An Australian federal police officer has told the New South Wales supreme court he “regrets” providing it with incorrect evidence as part of a bid to intervene in the sale of a property that would fund the ex-US military pilot Daniel Duggan’s legal costs.

The AFP applied on 31 October to have the multimillion-dollar property on the NSW south coast owned by Duggan’s wife, Saffrine, seized by the state under a foreign restraining order that was imposed by a US court early last month.

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