Published 20 July 2007 Auckland property developer Richard Kroon and a former motorbike club associate, Craig Weller, were found not guilty late last night of kidnapping Mr Kroon’s former partner in coastal property developments, Kim Spencer. The jury retired at 1pm yesterday after a trial that began on 25 June and returned a verdict […]
Pakiri case
Ex-All Black captain provides light relief at end of kidnap trial focused on phone records & a missing computer
Published 18 July 2007 Kidnap accused Richard Kroon wheeled in former All Black captain Sean Fitzpatrick as a character witness – on screen from London – yesterday, but it was really a lightweight entertainment sound bite in a trial where the substantial evidence is from phone records and what might be on a missing computer. […]
Davison uses old case to target Spencer credibility in Pakiri kidnap trial
Published 29 June 2007 An extraordinary piece of theatre rolled out in the Auckland District Court yesterday afternoon as Paul Davison QC used evidence & the decision in a previous High Court case to demonstrate how incredible & unreliable chief prosecution witness Kim Spencer should be treated in the kidnap case in which he was […]
Jury told of Spencer’s beating at Pakiri at start of kidnap trial
Published 26 June 2007 The Crown launched a 4-week trial in the Auckland District Court yesterday alleging property developer Richard Kroon organised the kidnapping of his business partner, Kim Spencer, at an isolated Pakiri property at the end of 2004 in pursuit of Mr Spencer’s share of property earnings. At the end of the […]
