Tuesday, August 4, 2009

[pima.nius] Field Case ends sadly for long serving MP

11:35 AM |

Notes from the NZHerald.
Outside court, crown prosecutor Simon Moore said...

"This has been a really important case, and bribery and corruption strikes very much at the heart of who we are as a people."

Each of the charges Field has been convicted on carries a seven-year maximum jail term.
 
...was found guilty of 11 of 12 charges of bribery and corruption as an MP.
... was also found guilty of 15 of 23 charges of wilfully attempting to obstruct or pervert the course of justice.
 
Defence lawyer Paul Davison QC said he and his client were very disappointed with the verdicts.
 
...to be sentenced on October 6.
 
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