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The Court of Appeal upheld this decision ruling that the female prosecutor was not to blame for the repeated failures of the police to disclose information. [10] On behalf of the police, the Crown appealed against having to pay the $75,000, claiming they should only pay $15,000. However, the Court of Appeal endorsed the award of $75,000.
Private investigator Tim McKinnel said the case could be "the greatest miscarriage of justice ever seen in New Zealand". [7] In July 2024, the Crown prosecutor conceded that a miscarriage had occurred, [8] and in October 2024, the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of all four defendants, and ordered a retrial for Stone. [9] [10]
In New Zealand, a Crown prosecutor is a private lawyer appointed to prosecute indictable offences on behalf of the Crown. Unique for western democracies, New Zealand is the only country to outsource prosecution of serious crimes to the private sector.
The Supreme Court of New Zealand acknowledged a substantial miscarriage of justice had occurred and overturned his conviction on 8 June 2022. [4] In 2024, two police officers and a prosecutor were charged with perverting the course of justice, and a reward of $100,000 was offered for information leading to the conviction of the real murderer. [5]
Born in 1945, McAuslan was admitted to the bar in 1986. [1] She was a senior Crown prosecutor in the Crown Solicitor's Office in Auckland in the early 1990s. [2] She was a team leader in the New Zealand Law Society's litigation skills programme, and in 1991 and 1992, was an examiner at the University of Auckland for overseas lawyers wanting to qualify to practise in New Zealand.
Dec. 18—A judge has denied a motion filed by the attorney representing indicted state Supreme Court Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi to dismiss the indictments against her and ...
New Zealand-set detective Series “A Remarkable Place to Die” is being launched by Banijay Rights at the London Screenings. The 4 x 90’ murder mystery was created by Screentime New Zealand ...
In November 2009, New Zealand journalist Pat Booth, formerly of the Auckland Star, alleged that the Crown prosecutor and the police inquiry head in the Tamihere case, John Hughes, were both leading figures in the earlier prosecution of Arthur Allan Thomas, which had involved the planting of evidence, perjury, and withholding of information and ...