Dear K. Rees,

Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the team who looks
after Official Information requests for follow-up.

Kind regards,

PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM
NZ POLICE

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To: OIA requests at New Zealand Police <[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: K.Rees <[OIA #1593 email]>
Date: 04/04/2014 01:10PM
Subject: Official Information Act request - re: warrant for arrest of
Dean Cottle in 2009, issued Chch Court

DeDear New Zealand Police,

I am requesting any and all relevant information pertaining to the
warrant for arrest of Dean Cottle in May 2009. The warrant was (said to
have been) issued by Justice Graeme Pankhurst, during the David Bain
retrial May 2009. Dean Cottle was meant  to have been a (key) defence
witness at the Bain retrial. He (was allegedly subpeonaed but)did not
appear in court.
J Pankhurst told the court he had issued a warrant. Dean Cottle during
this exact time went to Australia. After the trial was over, the arrest
warrant was (allegedly) withdrawn.  The warrant was issued at chch
court, on or around the 19Th (?) may 2009. Cottle was known to be a
resident of Dunedin. I would like information about the original warrant
(did it exist?) and the subsequent followup by police in relating to
bringing Cottle in to testify. A spokesman for Dunedin POlice later told
the press that "police had not been tasked to look for him -" meaning
Dean Cottle.
Was the warrant in question passed to Dunedin police, from the Chch end,
and what happened then? I ask because there are discrepancies in what is
on the public record in relation to this matter. I believe it is a
matter of high public interest.
Many thanks in advance

Yours faithfully,

K. Rees

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Dear K Rees

 

I refer to your Official Information Act request of 4 April 2014 for
information about the warrant for arrest of Dean Cottle in 2009.

 

The information you are seeking is not held by Police and is more closely
associated with the activities of the Ministry for Justice. I am therefore
transferring your request pursuant to section 14 of the Official
Information Act 1982.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Raewyn Thomson

Ministerial Services

 

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I have been advised that the information you are requesting is not held by Police but is more likely to be held by the Ministery of Justice.

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Hello Mr Rees

I wish to advise that I have been forwarded your request for information
from the Ministry of Justice Wellington in respect of your Official
Information Request regarding the Bain trial, in particular the
information dealing with the warrant to arrest that was issued for  Dean
Cottle.  I advise that this request falls under the Criminal Procedure
Rules and not the Official Information Act as it relates to a Court
record.

 

I have referred this matter to a Judge who has asked that, before any
decision is made,  you provide detailed reasons as to why you require this
information.  This is a requirement under rule 6.10(2) of the Criminal
Procedure Act 2012. 

 

Regards

Helen

   

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