SENIOR prosecutor Margaret Cunneen SC will not face any charges over allegations she perverted the course of justice after a car accident involving her son’s girlfriend.

A statement released this afternoon by the NSW Solicitor General Michael Sexton SC confirmed Ms Cunneen, her son and his girlfriend will not be charged, ending a legal battle that has spanned close to a year.

The Independent Commission against Corruption announced last October that it would hold a public inquiry into allegations Ms Cunneen coached Sophia Tilley, the partner of her son Stephen Wyllie, to pretend to have chest pains at the scene of a car accident to avoid

being breath tested.

Ms Tilley, who was not at fault in the crash, was subsequently tested in hospital and returned an alcohol reading of zero.

Ms Cunneen consistently denied any wrongdoing, and launched a successful legal challenge which went all the way to the High Court, where it was ruled ICAC was acting outside of its jurisdiction.

After the High Court determined the inquiry could not proceed, the commission referred the case to the DPP for consideration of charges.

In light of Ms Cunneen’s role, the matter was given to an independent counsel from Victoria, the state’s chief crown prosecutor Gavin Silbert SC.

“In this case, however, given the role of Ms Cunneen in the NSW legal profession, the Solicitor General considered it preferable that such an advice be provided by Counsel from a jurisdiction outside New South Wales,” the statement by Mr Sexton said.

“After consideration of the advice of Mr Silbert, together with the relevant material originally supplied to the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions by the Independent Commission Against Corruption and representations by the solicitors for Ms Cunneen, Mr Wyllie and Ms Tilley, the Solicitor General has determined that an indictment should not be signed in relation to charges against either Ms Margaret Cunneen SC, Mr Stephen Wyllie or Ms Sophia Tilley.”