Graham McCready is a retired New Zealand accountant, known for successfully taking a private prosecution against MP Trevor Mallard.
[1] Among other things, McCready has worked as an engineer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, as a computer technician for a Canadian airline, and as a clerk at Wellington City Council.
[1] In November 2007 he took a private prosecution against Labour Party MP Trevor Mallard for fighting in a public place.
[1] The prosecution arose after Mallard had a fight with National Party MP Tau Henare in Parliament.
Mallard eventually pleaded guilty to a charge of fighting in a public place and was ordered to donate $500 to charity.
[8][9] A retrial date had been set for July 2015 [10] but the case was ultimately quashed by the Court of Appeal on 19 May 2015 when it was revealed a memorandum setting out evidence by some witnesses was subsequently contradicted by themselves had been held back from Banks' legal team and that this evidence meant the new trial was untenable.
[12] In December 2013, McCready announced that he was planning a private prosecution for manslaughter against former head of Pike River Mine Peter Whitall.
[4] In the Wellington 2013 local government elections, McCready stood as an independent candidate for the Eastern Ward.