New Zealanders are reminded they have a two-tier justice system which again favours the families of the rich, famous and influential. The name of a teenager caught for drink driving in Gisborne is to be suppressed so as not to embarrass his “prominent leader” father. Furthermore, according to Stuff, he will apply for a discharge without…
An ex-police officer has criticised the judicial system in New Zealand after a Kiwi judge discharged a sportswoman from a DUI charge and gave her permanent name suppression. The sportswoman, who had twice the adult legal amount of alcohol in her system when caught drink driving, was given name suppression partly because of the effect…
The Conservative Party of New Zealand has added its voice to the storm of protest at a judge’s decision to allow a Kiwi sportswoman to walk free from court on a DUI charge, affording her the added privilege of permanent name suppression so that she could compete overseas. PRESS RELEASE: Court Priority Misplaced “Conservative Party Leader…
A “high level sportswoman” has won permanent name suppression and a discharge without conviction, despite being caught drink driving with twice the legal level of alcohol in her system. The Gisborne Herald reported Friday the decision by the Gisborne Court to act leniently was “partly because it would affect her ability to compete overseas“ In…
The uproar over the decision to grant permanent name suppression to a ‘prominent’ man convicted of downloading and distributing indecent images of young girls continued today with a statement from the Sensible Sentencing Trust. Garth McVicar says the judgment has undermined public confidence in the NZ justice system and that it puts criminals ahead of…
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