10 Oct 1993: Shaun Edwards #7 of Wigan tries to stop John Lomax of New Zealand during a New Zealand Tour match at Central Park in Wigan, England. New Zealand won the match 25-18. / Mandatory Credit:
10 Oct 1993: Shaun Edwards #7 of Wigan tries to stop John Lomax of New Zealand during a New Zealand Tour match at Central Park in Wigan, England. New Zealand won the match 25-18. / Mandatory Credit:
Former Kiwis prop John Lomax has been arrested and charged with blackmail.
Lomax is due to appear in court in Canberra on August 5 on one count of blackmail, reportedly in relation to a Royal Commission into union corruption.
The 49-year-old is a member of the Construction, Forestry, Mining andEnergy Union and the Canberra Times reported he was due to appear as a witness for the royal commission next week.
He is the third person arrested and second associated with the ACT CFMEU branch to be taken into custody.
Lomax played 15 tests for the Kiwis between 1993 and 1998 and played for the Canberra Raiders in their heyday in the early 1990s.
