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Updated Jun 29, 2026 – 9.03pm, first published at 8.00pm

TPG Capital’s head of Asia Joel Thickins is expected to enter an early guilty plea and ask a judge for leniency as his private equity firm seeks to reassure major global investors over the events surrounding his car crash earlier this month.<br>Thickins, who is the firm’s head of country in Australia and co-head of TPG Asia, will face court for the first time on Tuesday after he allegedly crashed his BMW into a Mazda, then hit four more parked cars.<br>Loading...<br>correction —A previous version of this story implied both breath tests occurred on the street. The second breath test was refused at the police station.

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