6 Nov 2017
KNUCKEY v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2017] NZHC 2712
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 2712
- Court
- High Court
The judge's factual findings that the complainant was credible and that her accounts were corroborated by peripheral evidence (contemporaneous texts evidencing threats and propensity, discovery of ammunition, recovery of a baton, and consistent detailed recollections) were open on the evidence; methamphetamine use did not fatally undermine the police statement used to refresh memory; the fresh affidavit was neither unavailable at trial nor cogent; consequently there was no real risk the verdict was affected and the convictions and sentence should stand.