Former Ipswich mayor, Paul Pisasale, has been found guilty of extortion while posing as a private investigator in an attempt to extort thousands of dollars from the former partner of a Brisbane escort.
Pisasale admitted to impersonating a private investigator to pursue Sydney taxi driver Xin Li for up to $10,000 on behalf of his co-accused, Yutian Li, had pleaded not guilty to two counts of extortion on the basis he honestly believed the woman was lawfully entitled to the money.
It took the jury approximately eight hours to reach its guilty verdict.