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Three men have now died before facing trial Dixon, Rex McIntosh and Richard Galloway.
Of the six men remaining, Ross Browne, Graeme Lindsay and two others with name suppression will go to trial together next year at the High Court in Auckland.
Another man, Alastair Harlow, will go to trial alone next year in the Auckland District Court.
Former assistant principal Ian Robert Wilson was the only man to plead guilty to his charges and was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison in March.
Labour Party donation case: Six appear in court to face SFO charges
(Photo / NZ Herald) Mon, 24 May 2021, 2:03PM
Six people charged by the Serious Fraud Office over allegations of an unlawful Labour Party donation have had their first day in court.
The accused were called before Judge Brooke Gibson and a full press gallery of journalists this morning in the Auckland District Court. This isn t a jury trial is it? Judge Gibson joked of the reporters sitting in the jury box. Not a very good jury, he uttered.
Much of what was discussed during the 20-minute hearing, however, was suppressed by the judge, including the identities of the accused.
Auckland District Court.
Photo: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly
They were charged by the agency earlier this month following an investigation launched last year.
The defendants appeared before Judge Brooke Gibson at the Auckland District Court this morning, their first appearance, where a large media contingent was present.
The six people are accused of trying to conceal the true identity of the donor who paid at least $34,840 to the Labour Party in 2017.
Each defendant is facing two charges of obtaining the donation by deception .
Documents previously released by the Auckland High Court alleged the group adopted a fraudulent device, trick or stratagem so as to conceal the full amount of the donation and identity of the donor.
A $3.6 million home overlooking Ladies Bay Beach in the Auckland suburb of St Heliers was swarmed by the Armed Offenders Squad on the morning of March 17 a