Man who flouted Covid-19 lockdown rules has conviction quashed after error
12 May, 2021 04:37 AM
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Fraser Wright Maddigan was charged after being found in his car in Queenstown on March 30 last year. Photo / 123RF
Fraser Wright Maddigan was charged after being found in his car in Queenstown on March 30 last year. Photo / 123RF
Otago Daily Times
By: Karen Pasco
A man who flouted Covid-19 lockdown rules in the southern region has had his conviction quashed after a fundamental error was made by a duty solicitor and judge.
Fraser Wright Maddigan pleaded guilty to breaching the Civil Defence Emergency Act 2002 when he appeared before Judge Bernadette Farnan on April 2 last year in the Invercargill District Court.