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February 8 2006
2004-1203 - Stuff - Three young
women reject compo offer
NZPA - Three young women jailed for a crime they did not commit have rejected
compensation of more than $100,000 each and are challenging the way the
Government reached the figure. …. The
women rejected the offer and described it as "both seriously inadequate
and unlawful". They claim the government guidelines used to reach the
compensation figure are "unlawful, irrational and unfair" and that
they were not correctly applied in reaching the recommended amounts. The
women want the court to declare the recommendations unlawful and invalid, and
quash them. Their lawyer, Gary Gotlieb, said the Government
had ignored opinions by three QCs - Rodney Harrison, Richard Craddock and Bill
Wilson - on behalf of the women. "The figure offered in
comparison to what happened to the girls was grossly understated.
2004-1203 - Stuff - Govt will
fight girls' compensation claim - Goff
NZPA - …. Gary Gotlieb has filed a claim in the High Court at Auckland challenging
the way the figure was arrived at and asking the court to decide what was
appropriate…. Mr Goff today said he regretted the girls had rejected the
offer, which was recommended by Wellington QC Kristy McDonald based
on government criteria. "That criteria applies to all people who have
suffered this kind of miscarriage of justice, and that was known in advance
by the girls' counsel. "The Government continues to believe it is a fair
and appropriate offer and we will vigorously defend the court action being
taken."
2004-1203 - One News - Teens'
compo deemed "inadequate"
A
private investigator says a compensation offer to three young Auckland women
jailed for a crime they did not commit is woefully inadequate Bryan
Rowe said the girls have had their ups and downs and will not
properly get on with their lives until a fair compensation offer is made. He
said the girls were children when they were thrown into Mount Eden Prison
which he says is a hell-hole
2004-1203 - NZ Herald - Women
reject $500,000 payout
by
Louisa Cleave - Three young women jailed for a crime they did not commit have
rejected almost half a million dollars in compensation and are challenging
the way the Government reached the figure.
A claim filed in the High Court at Auckland shows Lucy Akatere and Tania Vini were offered
$135,000 each and McCushla Fuataha was offered $137,500. The Government says
that, with other payments, they were offered more than $160,000 each. ….. The
amount of compensation offered by the Government last year was recommended by
Wellington QC Kristy McDonald, who was asked to apply Government criteria
2004-1203 - Newstalk ZB -
Government 'mean' over compo
The
Government is accused of being mean and stubborn over compensation for three
girls jailed for a crime they did not commit. The teenagers spent seven
months in prison before their convictions for aggravated robbery were
quashed. Justice Minister Phil Goff has offered $160,000 in
compensation, for each of the girls. That has been rejected and the case will
now go to court. Bryan Rowe, the private investigator hired to look into the
case, says the police clearly bungled the investigation, but he says cabinet
criteria limits their compensation to just $100,000. Mr Rowe says anyone who
had been put through the wringer like these girls were, would expect more
than they are being offered
2004-1203 - Newstalk ZB -
Girls to appeal compensation offer
The
Justice Minister has confirmed three teenage girls sent to jail for a crime
they did not commit have been offered around $160,000 each in compensation
for loss of liberty, reputation, and emotional distress
2004-1202 - NZ Government -
Three teens offered over $160,000 each
by Phil Goff - Three Auckland teenagers jailed for a crime they did not commit have been
offered compensation of around $160,000 each, Justice Minister Phil Goff said
today. Lucy Akatere, McCushla Fuataha and Tania Vini were convicted
in August 2000 for the aggravated robbery of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Mt
Roskill. They successfully appealed their convictions on the basis that two
principal witnesses had retracted their testimony, and were released after
spending approximately seven months in jail. "The compensation offer was
first made to the girls on 24 March 2003," Mr Goff said. “I regret
that, despite many months of correspondence with the applicants’ legal
counsel, the offer of compensation has been rejected and the matter is now
going to court, with an initial hearing set for December 14
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