Water, wine and how they brought down Barry O'Farrell

Updated April 20 2014 - 12:18am, first published 12:05am
Barry O'Farrell's faltering memory is exposed at his news conference denial of a gift of Grange after his ICAC appearance on Tuesday. Photo: Sasha Woolley
Barry O'Farrell's faltering memory is exposed at his news conference denial of a gift of Grange after his ICAC appearance on Tuesday. Photo: Sasha Woolley

Taking Geoffrey Watson, SC, at his word, Barry O'Farrell was never in the sights of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Indeed, the razor-witted senior counsel assisting the ICAC told the commission on Monday he had been in ''two minds'' about calling O'Farrell to the witness box at all.