Papps Pleads Not Guilty
- Thursday, 20 May 2010 04:00
Former racecaller Ron Papps has pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempted murder and will stand trial later in the year.
Papps, 64, is accused of attempted murder against his wife Judy after a domestic dispute in January.
He appeared briefly in the Port Lincoln Magistrates Court on Wednesday to enter his not guilty plea.
Judy has indicated that she is prepared to testify against her husband during the trial.
Papps will next appear in court at the Port Lincoln Supreme Court in July and in the meantime will remain on home detention, where he must also abstain from alcohol and provide regular urine samples.
Papps called races in three states, across all three codes - primarily thoroughbreds – for over three decades.
He received an Order Of Australia medal in 1994 for his services to racing in a career which commenced in Tasmania back in 1962 for the ABC.
Finding his way back to the mainland, Papps worked in Adelaide before moving to Melbourne and joining 3UZ.
In that five year stint at 3UZ, he was influential in establishing the career of now deceased racecaller Darren Tyquin.
Returning to Adelaide, Papps was regarded as South Australia’s premier racecaller until he hung-up the binoculars in 1999.
