Posts Tagged ‘Sam Land’

Crown drops case against Waihopai protesters

Friday, February 7th, 2014

The Crown has dropped its civil lawsuit against protesters who damaged the Government Communications Security Bureau listening station at Waihopai in Marlborough. In 2008 Adrian Leason, Father Peter Murnane and Sam Land were acquitted of causing intentional damage during a protest at the site In October 2010, the Attorney-General, Christopher Finlayson, lodged a civil claim, Read more

Waihopai three back in Court

Friday, August 5th, 2011

The New Zealand Government will next week begin arguing its case to extract $1.2 million in damages from the three men who sabotaged the radar dome at Marlborough’s Waihopai Valley spybase. A preliminary hearing in the High Court at Wellington on Monday will hear the merits on whether the civil case the Government has taken Read more