Paul Rofe (barrister)
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Paul Rofe QC |
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| 1st South Australian Director of Public Prosecutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office 1992–2004 |
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| Premier |
John Bannon Lynn Arnold Dean Brown John Olsen Rob Kerin Mike Rann |
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| Governor |
Dame Roma Mitchell Sir Eric Neal Marjorie Jackson-Nelson |
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| Succeeded by | Stephen Pallaras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul John Lawrence Rofe 1948 |
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| Died | May 7, 2013 Adelaide |
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| Cause of death | Heart Failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Saint Ignatius' College, Adelaide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation |
Barrister Director of Public Prosecutions |
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Australian rules football career
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| Original team(s) | Adelaide University | ||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1966-1976 | Adelaide University | 224 | |
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Amateur All-Australian Captain |
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Amateur All-Australian Captain
AAFC National Carnival Medalist
Paul John Lawrence Rofe QC (1948-2013) was a prominent South Australian criminal barrister and the former South Australian Director of Public Prosecutions, a position he held from 1992 to 2004.
Rofe was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Adelaide. He was School Captain in 1965 and completed his Leaving Honours in the same year. He graduated from the Law School of the University of Adelaide with a LLB and was admitted to practice in 1973. In 1974, he was a judge's associate to Justice Walters and then to The Honourable Dr John Bray Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia. Early in his career, Rofe worked as a counsel assisting the Coroner before he joined the Crown Prosecutor's Office in 1977. He was appointed a QC in 1991 and assumed office in 1992.
He was well known for his involvement in football, both as a player and administrator. He was a Director of the Adelaide Crows Football Club from 1999 to 2003.
During his career as a prosecutor, Rofe successfully prosecuted some of South Australia's most notorious murder trials, including Bevan Spencer von Einem, Henry Keogh, and David Szach.
In 1996 he publicly apologised following his conviction for drink-driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.178. He was fined and banned from driving for 15 months. He was reappointed for a further seven-year term as DPP in May 1999. Although he suffered a mild stroke later that year, and had to take leave, he was still able to continue as DPP.
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