Gerroa site owned by convicted murderer Ron Medich sold

The vacant hillside Gerroa tourism development site long owned by the convicted murderer Ron Medich has been quietly sold.

It was one of the properties that featured in the escalating dispute ­between Medich, his wife, Odetta and his business associate Michael McGurk, on whom Ron Medich ­ordered a hit in 2009.

An Independent Commission Against Corruption investigation found no substance in the denied ­allegations that Medich had boasted he could secure consent for its favourable redevelopment from corrupt planning officials.

McGurk’s widow, Kimberley had a 2009 caveat on its title until just last month.

The now 71-year-old Medich was sentenced in June last year to 27 years in prison for McGurk’s murder.

Medich headed the family ­property company, until his ­imprisonment last year when son Peter took over company ­directorships.

The property, bordering the Gerringong Golf Club, once had a homestead, Beachlands, which burnt down many years ago.

It was Richie Vereker who found the property project for the duo. McGurk envisaged a $20 million value on completion.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.