Contempt inquiry progress
The Christchurch police have almost finished an inquiry into an allegation that the “Sunday News” newspaper published a report that was in contempt of court. Detective Senior-Sergeant Alan Dalzell, who made the inquiry, said yesterday that a file on the case would be sent to the Solicitor-Gen-eral, Mr Paul Neazor. 1 It was the decision of the Solicitor-General whether the newspaper would be prosecuted, he said. The Solicitor-General had asked the police to make'
inquiries after a complaint in September by a High Court judge presiding over a murder trial in Christ- . church. Mr Justice Holland was critical of a report in the newspaper which linked a fatal shooting in the Woolston Tavern with the Debbie Paul murder trial. The report said that the man shot was a key witness in the trial. The police later denied this. Detective Senior-Sergeant Dalzell confirmed, that he had spoken to the-editor-oL; the -‘Sunday News,” Ms
Judy McGregor, and the reporter who wrote the article, Warren Grant.
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