5 Oct 2022
R v ZHANG [2022] NZHC 2541
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 2541
- Court
- High Court
Labour Party (March 2017) charges: acquittals because Crown failed to prove a legally cognisable benefit beyond reasonable doubt (insufficient evidence that purchase price exceeded reasonable market value such that a party donation existed at the charged value) and therefore could not prove material causation and the full offence elements. National Party June 2017: guilty verdict against Shijia (Colin) Zheng on charge 3 (he arranged splitting via transmitters and intended concealment); insufficient proof to convict all others on that charge. National Party June 2018: guilty verdicts against Y…