SA:Son of Rann attacker to face trial

AAP General News (Australia)
08-20-2010
SA:Son of Rann attacker to face trial

ADELAIDE, Aug 20 AAP - The son of a man who hit South Australian Premier Mike Rann
with a rolled-up magazine will go to trial on an assault charge, even though his alleged
victim doesn't want to proceed.

In Adelaide Magistrates Court on Friday, Anton Phillips-Chantelois was ordered to stand
trial on October 12 on aggravated assault and offensive weapons charges.

Police told the court the case would go ahead even though the defence said the alleged
victim did not want to proceed.

The charges related to an incident in Adelaide in December last year, not long after
Phillips-Chantelois' father Rick Phillips had been charged with assaulting Mr Rann at
a business function in October.

In March, Mr Phillips pleaded guilty to assault and was placed on a two-year good behaviour bond.

His estranged wife, Michelle Chantelois, a former waitress at parliament house in Adelaide,
claims to have had an affair with Mr Rann.

The premier has denied the affair but admitted to a flirty friendship.

Phillips-Chantelois, 20, remains free on bail.

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