The former City of Parramatta boss was playing games over an executive’s departure from the council, an anti-corruption inquiry has heard, when she advised him not to speak to a colleague who had experienced a death in the family. The death was confirmed to be a pet rabbit. The Independent Commission Against Corruption on Friday heard from John Angilley, a former chief finance and information officer who left the council in January 2025 with a deed of release. He gave evidence on day five of the public inquiry in Operation Navarra, the ICAC’s hearing into multiple allegations against former Parramatta chief executive Gail Connolly and other staff, including that she spied on staff and a councillor, and used confidential information for improper purposes, including rewarding allies and removing critics or perceived opponents. John Angilley (left) outside the ICAC offices in the Sydney CBD.…