Perth man Shiv Sheetal, 44, sacks fourth lawyer a day before trial over alleged hit on ex father-in-law

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• A Perth man accused of hiring a hit man in India to kill his ex father-in-law has been told to prepare his own case. Shiv Sheetal, 44, dismissed his fourth Legal Aid-funded lawyer a day before his attempted murder trial was due to start in the WA Supreme Court.
• Justice Joseph McGrath granted an adjournment so Sheetal could obtain a fifth lawyer. He warned that if Sheetal changed counsel again before trial, he would have to represent himself.
• Sheetal has been on remand since July 2024.