19 Mar 2020

Covid-19: All new jury trials suspended

From Morning Report, 8:25 am on 19 March 2020

All new jury trials have been suspended for the next two months as a precaution to Covid-19.

The Ministry of Justice was unable to tell RNZ at this stage the number of trials this will affect.

The President of the Criminal Bar Association is Len Anderson.

He speaks to Susie Ferguson.