The Crown’s star witness, who was given an indemnity against prosecution in return for giving evidence against his former boss, ex-NSW minister Tony Kelly, has told a District Court jury that due to health issues, “I can’t remember anything about anything.”

Arriving in a wheelchair and wearing a short sleeved-shirt, a knitted sleeveless vest, grey gloves and a Panama hat, Gilbert “Laurie” Brown, Kelly’s former chief of staff, said he couldn’t remember giving evidence at the ICAC, being criminally charged himself or that he’d been given an indemnity against prosecution in return for giving evidence against three former Labor ministers: Kelly, Joe Tripodi and Eddie Obeid, who have been charged with misconduct in public office.

On Tuesday afternoon the jury of five men and four women retire

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