High Court considers defendant's fitness to stand trial

Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 3:14 pm
Article: BusinessDesk

High Court considers defendant's fitness to stand trial in case with broad suppression order

By Suze Metherell

Sept. 15 (BusinessDesk) - The Wellington High Court today considered information relating to the fitness of a defendant to proceed to trial.

All other matters related to the case were suppressed by Justice David Collins.

(BusinessDesk)

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