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From the Geelong Advertiser May 15
Skydive operator faces charges
Karen Mathews
A Barwon Heads skydive operator has appeared in court on 21 counts of breaching air safety including, one count of unauthorised/modification/repairs of an aircraft.
Skydive City is the same parachute club where 24 year old British skydiver Clare Barnes plummeted 14000 feet to her death in March this year.
Skydive City operator Luke Maxwell McWilliam 36 of Barwon Heads Road Marshall appeared briefly in the Geelong Magistrates Court yesterday while his legal representative John Maitland announced he would be contesting the charges.
Mr Maitland asked that the matters be adjourned to a contest mention in Melbourne but magistrate Jon Klestadt said it was normal procedure for matters to be heard in the local where they happened.
The case was adjourned for a future mention at the Geelong Magistrates Court on July 6.