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Re: 70 year old socialist's home raided half an hour ago!

The Walloppers are in defensive mode on this already:

NZ Police Communication Centre wrote:
> NZ Police CommCens Alert 22:00 25-10-2007 Auckland City
>
> Location of incident: Auckland
>
> Incident Type: Search Warrant Kupe street, Orakei
>
> Auckland Police confirm that the search warrant executed at a Kupe street, Orakei address today has no connection with the search warrants and arrests made last week throughout the country.
> Auckland CIB have been investigating a kidnapping incident reported to police on Saturday the 20th of October. On Tuesday the 23rd of October three people were arrested in Orakei in relation to this incident. They all appeared in the Auckland District Court yesterday.
> One of the accused 26 year old Jason Williams had provided the court with a false bail address on a previous occasion. This address is 107 Kupe street.
> Mr Williams was arrested at another Kupe street address on Tuesday at which time the 107 Kupe street warrant was in existence.
> Jason Williams and two co-accused have been charged with blackmail, commission of a crime with a firearm and kidnapping. They have all been remanded in custody for two weeks.
> The court has imposed a suppression order around the identity of the victim.
> ENDS
> Noreen Hegarty
> Auckland District Communication Manager
>
> Issued By: Inspector Earle McIntosh

This doesn't get them off the hook. The Police should have verified the bail address before granting bale. Procedure you know.

The going rate for raiding the wrong address is a payout of about $50,000. I reckon that should be doubled for an unwell 72 year old.
 
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Re: Re: 70 year old socialist's home raided half an hour ago!

... and they could add another $20,000 for releasing the innocent bystander's address.
 

Re: Re: 70 year old socialist's home raided half an hour ago!

... and given that they had already arrested the alleged offender at another Kupe Road address they should have realised that the warrant was bogus.

To proceed with the search in the face of that evidence smacks of malice.
 

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