Cavoodle at centre of NSW defamation trial not ‘abandoned’ in southern highlands, court told

Nine's barrister says cruise worker Mark Gillespie was still living with his relatives and Oscar the dog when he returned to Australia for vacations

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Claims that Oscar the Insta-famous cavoodle had been left behind by co-parent" and cruise worker Mark Gillespie were false, a judge has been told.

Sydney barrister Gina Edwards' defamation trial against the Nine Network and A Current Affair journalist Steve Marshall continued in the federal court on Wednesday.

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