“As the matter is before the courts, we won’t be making any further comment,” Salmond said. In July 2020, SFO director Julie Read did not elaborate on the particulars of the investigation, which appeared to have blindsided the party.
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Chief Executive & Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Julie Read. At the time, Labour Party President Claire Szabo said the party had not been advised of the specifics of the inquiry into the donations. However, she noted that two men being investigated by the SFO over donations they made to the National Party had also made donations to Labour. She said donations were above board.
Seventh man charged over Sofitel shooting incident
11 May, 2021 02:46 AM
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Police outside the Sofitel in the Viaduct Harbour on the day of the shooting in April. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Police outside the Sofitel in the Viaduct Harbour on the day of the shooting in April. Photo / Jason Oxenham
NZ Herald
A seventh person has been charged in relation to the Sofitel shooting incident last month.
Detective Inspector John Sutton said a 25-year-old man was arrested in Northland this morning following a search warrant in Whananaki.
The man appeared today in the Whangarei District Court charged with being an accessory after the fact.
Armed police were called to the Sofitel hotel in downtown Auckland after the incident on April 15.
A man charged in connection with a shooting at an Auckland hotel has been granted interim name suppression at his first court appearance. The 27-year-old faces two charges, including unlawfully possessing a firearm and discharging a firearm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, in connection with the incident at the Sofitel, in central Auckland’s Viaduct, on April 15. He was arrested on Thursday afternoon in Northland.
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The man appeared at the Kaikohe District Court on Friday in front of Judge Brandt Shortland. (File photo)
Man in Northland court on firearms and violence charges
7 May, 2021 03:17 AM
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The man appeared in the Kaikohe District Court on Friday. Photo / NZME
Northern Advocate
A 27-year-old man has appeared in the Kaikohe District Court charged with a number of serious firearms and violence offences.
The man was granted interim name suppression during his brief appearance before Judge Brandt Shortland on Friday afternoon.
The charges stem from incidents in different parts of the country two weeks apart.
On charges of discharging a firearm at a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and unlawful possession of a pistol, he was remanded in custody and is due in the Auckland District Court on May 26.