Laurie Connell | |
|---|---|
| Died | 27 February 1996 |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Conviction(s) | Perverting the course of justice |
| Criminal penalty | 5 years imprisonment |
Lawrence Robert "Laurie" Connell (died 27 February 1996) was a Western Australian business entrepreneur. As chairman of the Rothwells merchant bank, he was well known for his dealings with the Government of Western Australia and his close relationships with a former premier of Western Australia, Brian Burke, and with entrepreneur Alan Bond, during the WA Inc period in the mid to late 1980s.
Laurie Connell was the grandson of a long-serving Western Australia Police Commissioner, Robert Connell (1867–1956) commissioner 1913–1933.[1][2]
In 1994, Connell was jailed for conspiring to pervert the course of justice by paying a jockey to leave the country.[3]