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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 16, 2019 16:27:58 GMT 12
'SOVEREIGN CITIZEN' DEFENCE MOOTED FOR ALLEGED BABY KILLERThe man charged with the cold case murder of a 10-month old baby in 2014 may attempt a "sovereign citizen" defence - a claim that as a Māori, Crown law does not apply to him. That extraordinary revelation was made at the High Court in Rotorua on Friday by the lawyer for Shane Claude Roberts, 59. Roberts faces one charge, that between November 29 and 30, 2014, he murdered Karlos Stephens, a charge he had earlier pleaded not guilty to. Defence lawyer Louis Te Kani told the court his client "wishes to run what I believe is a sovereign argument"...... www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/110616642/sovereign-citizen-defence-mooted-for-alleged-baby-killer
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