Oliver Curtis ordered to stand trial for insider trading Oliver Curtis: ordered to stand trial Photo: AFR Investment banker Oliver Peter Curtis has been committed to stand trial in the NSW Supreme Court for insider trading, despite his legal team arguing his former best friend John Joseph Hartman could not be believed as a witness. In the Downing Centre Local Court, Magistrate Greg Grogin said despite some issues with Mr Hartman's evidence, a reasonable jury properly instructed had a reasonable prospect of convicting Mr Curtis of an indictable offence. Minutes earlier, Murugan Thangaraj, SC, for Mr Curtis had said Mr Hartman's evidence was "evasive, untruthful, unreliable and manipulative." Evidence: John Hartman. In closing submissions, the prosecution had argued it was not only Mr Hartman's evidence but also documents, and trading data which could not be explained, which formed the Crown case. Mr Curtis allegedly traded using confidential information that Mr Hartman gave to him in 2007 and 2008, which he obtained as part of his role at Orion Asset Management. Mr Hartman confessed to 25 counts of insider trading in 2009 and was sentenced to more than a year behind bars. Roxy Jacenko: married to Oliver Curtis. During that time Mr Curtis married Sweaty Betty PR founder Roxy Jacenko - who was due to launch her new book on Tuesday at upmarket restaurant Otto, in Wooloomooloo - and the two had their first child. Ms Jacenko recently announced she was pregnant with their second baby.