A High Court child-abuse trial was aborted when it was revealed
Child, Youth and Family had failed to hand over 300 pages of documents
to the police investigation.
Justice Paul Heath apologised to the jurors when he discharged them - after the case had been running for three days - following inquiries by the defendant's lawyer that brought the existence of the files to light.
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Justice Paul Heath apologised to the jurors when he discharged them - after the case had been running for three days - following inquiries by the defendant's lawyer that brought the existence of the files to light.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11401141