Media Release
14 June 2002
“No Jury In The Country Would Find Constable A Guilty”
“The decision to send Constable A to trial for murder is an outrage and will seriously impact upon the level of safely
and security we all currently feel in New Zealand”, said New Zealand First Leader and MP for Tauranga Rt Hon Winston
Peters.
“I can not help but compare how we treat our country’s police, carrying out their duty on our behalf, with the support
police receive from their authorities in other Western Democracies” Mr Peters said.
“This is a very sad day for the Police and especially so for Constable A and his family. I feel very sorry for the
needless stress they are to face and I simply cannot believe there could be a jury put together anywhere in New Zealand
who would find this policeman guilty of murder.
I will be watching with great interest as to which side of the fence the Attorney General Margaret Wilson and Minister
of Justice Phil Goff will sit on regarding this matter, as I have no doubt they will be inundated with a crescendo of
outrage from the community, “ Mr Peters concluded
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