October 15th Solidarity

What will happen on 5th March 2008?

On 5th March 2008, a one-day hearing will take place in the Auckland District Court (10am). Bail conditions and suppression orders (for image and name suppression) will be discussed for each defendant. A date for a further court appearance will be set. The case could either be heard again in a few months for another one-day pre-deposition hearing or a deposition hearing could be scheduled. The deposition hearing could take several weeks. It will be followed by the trial, which could take months given the large amount of 'evidence'.

The current charges

19 people are charged under the Arms Act and one person was charged with possession of cannabis. At no point was anybody charged under the Terrorism Suppression Act (2002). However, the police applied to the Solicitor-General for permission to charge 12 people under that act.