19 Aug 2014
KEAT v R [2014] NZHC 1961
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 1961
- Court
- High Court
Convictions quashed because the trial judge failed to properly direct Military Members on the essential mens rea elements of the charged offences (knowledge that the relationship was the kind requiring disclosure and deliberate omission), failed to give required lies direction, and failed to fairly present defence evidence; those errors rendered the convictions unsafe and necessitate quashing and consideration of retrial.
- Failure to comply with orders
- Conduct prejudicial to service discipline
- Threatening language
- Mens rea
- Trial directions
- Lies direction