William Tyrrell’s foster parents to plead guilty over dummy bids at $4.1m auction

“We were unable to locate any other case whereby a person has either been convicted or charged with a criminal fraud offence relating to conduct involving dummy bidding,” MacDougall said.

She said the charge her clients agreed to plead guilty to is “the most apposite offence in light of the criminal conduct alleged”.

“They regret and are sorry for their actions, which is why today the matter resolved the way it did,” she said.

William, 3, vanished from his foster grandmother’s…