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Colin Lovitt was a Queen's Counsel in Australia. He was known for defending Greg Domaszewicz and for getting in trouble for calling magistrate Bruce Zahner a 'cretin'. [1] He represented Sudo Cavkic, charged with the murder of Keith William Allan, at the long-running second trial in 2006 that resulted in a hung jury, and at the similarly long third trial in 2007 when Cavkic was convicted.

Colin Lovitt died 10 January 2021. [2]

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References

  1. "Cretin crack costs 'bully' silk $10,000 - National - www.theage.com.au". The Age. Melbourne. 13 September 2003. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  2. Victorian barrister Colin Lovitt QC dies Karen Sweeney, AAP - Perth Now 11 January 2021