Son uses father as unsuspecting drug mule to cart $13m meth oil
Alex Macris and Jessica Igham at 1/2 million dollar wedding ceremony last year
Wow, who is short of cash?????
Sworn Ibrahim family enemy Alex Macris helped to save his father from life in prison after admitting he used him as an unsuspecting drug mule to transport $13 million worth of methamphetamine oil in jerry cans, a court has heard.
Police arrested Stelios Macris, 75, after they found 50 kilograms of meth oil in the boot of his Ford Falcon station wagon and the spare bedroom of his central coast property in 2011. Scenes from the couple's $500,000 wedding.
Scenes from the couple's $500,000 wedding. Photo: Supplied
But a court acquitted Mr Macris on Thursday after his son told the court he had “duped” his father into moving the drugs.
In giving his evidence, Alex Macris said it was “low, dog act” getting his father to cart the drugs, but did so because he never dreamt police would pull him over.
Despite confessing the drugs were his, he will not face prosecution. The wedding at Bennelong Lawn.
The wedding at Bennelong Lawn. Photo: Supplied
The court gave him a certificate granting him immunity from prosecution on the grounds that the evidence he gave was likely to incriminate himself.
Alex Macris married chicken and racing heiress Jessica Ingham in a lavish $500,000 wedding on Bennelong Lawn near the Opera House last year. His father was allowed to attend after his mother, Roula, posted $2 million bail.
A Sydney society family, the Inghams made their fortune through a successful horse racing operation and a poultry empire which they offloaded for $880 million in 2013. They were last valued on the BRW Rich List as having a wealth exceeding $1.1 billion.
