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Chief Judge Kevin Riordan has spoken about the problem many times when sentencing soldiers at Linton Military Camp, often reducing sentences due to unreasonable delays. During the sentencing of corporals Grayson Kingsley Wright and Nicholas Paul Davenport for drug offences in March, Riordan said the more than two-year wait endured ahead of their trial was excessive and unacceptable. “Had it gone on much longer it might have invited grounds for a stay of proceeding.
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Chief Judge Kevin Riordan is one of two judges able to preside over a court martial. “The Duke of Wellington said that no soldier should be required to go into battle with a charge hanging over his head, and although you’ve not had to go into battle I think that the principle involved is still applicable here.”
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Evacuated residents from Tuamarina, Spring Creek and the Lower Wairau can return to their homes from midday.
However, some from other areas will have to wait until two helicopters have assessed the condition of the roads and rivers.
Evacuees can now pick up their vehicles stranded along SH1 between Picton and Blenheim. Stranded vehicles will also be removed by police if the owner cannot be located or the vehicle is damaged.
State Highway 1 including the Wairau River bridge was expected to re-open from midday.
SH6 between Renwick and Havelock is not expected to open until mid-afternoon at the earliest.
More Christchurch troops are being sent to help flood victims on the West Coast 18 July 2021
Defence Force personnel from Burnham Military Camp are assisting with road cordons and accessing hard-to-reach homes in the Westport area.
A spokesman says another 10 staff are being flown into the region this afternoon by a Royal New Zealand Air Force helicopter.
They ll be based at emergency centres in Greymouth and Westport.