Wine chief Scutts loses appeal in kickbacks case

Ex-wine boss Peter Scutts’ convictions have been upheld in a case where he was found to have taken almost $65,000 in kickbacks. Court of Appeal’s Justices Paul Heath, Rhys Harrison and David Collins today dismissed Scutts’ appeal against his conviction on 16 charges of dishonestly using a document and one Secret Commission Act charge of receiving secret reward for procuring contracts.