The former member for Wagga Wagga, whose clandestine relationship with ex-NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian led to her political downfall, appeared at Sydney’s Downing Centre Courthouse for the verdict on Friday.

Magistrate Clare Farnan found he misled the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption while giving evidence during a hearing in July 2018.

Farnan rejected a bid by Maguire’s legal team to suppress the publication of the guilty verdict.

“The interests of the community in open justice is in my view not outweighed by Mr Maguire’s interests,” she said.

At ICAC, Maguire was asked about what he expected to get out of the sale of an estimated $48 million property development in Campsie in Sydney’s southwest.

During the criminal hearing earlier in 2025, prosecutors claimed Maguire flipped during questioning over claims he was not expected to be reimbursed.

ICAC grilled Maguire and others in 2018 under Operation Dasha, which probed allegations of corruption at the local council.

The Wagga Wagga MP resigned from the Berejiklian government after giving evidence, before succumbing to pressure and quitting parliament altogether.

ICAC opened a further probe into Maguire, exposing his secret romantic relationship with Berejiklian in 2020.

She also stood down from her role and was later found by ICAC to have breached public trust in failing to disclose the relationship, spanning at least five years while she was transport minister, treasurer and then premier.