By Adam Mccleery For Daily Mail Australia and Australian Associated Press
Published: 01:30 GMT, 25 February 2019 | Updated: 01:30 GMT, 25 February 2019
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Former NSW minister Ian Macdonald has had his conviction quashed and will face retrial for misconduct in public office.
The former Labor politician has been in custody since 2017 when he was jailed for 10 years, with a minimum of seven, after being found guilty of two counts of wilful misconduct in public office.
But on Monday, five Court of Criminal Appeal judges quashed the 69-year-old's conviction and ordered a new trial.
They did the same for former union boss John Maitland, who was jailed for six years with four years non-parole on two charges of being an accessory to the alleged misconduct.
Former NSW minister Ian Macdonald (pictured) has had his conviction quashed and will face retrial for misconduct in public office after being sentenced to 10 years jail in 2017
Macdonald was alleged to have favoured the interest of Doyles Creek Mining, chaired by Maitland, over the interests of
