Accused Christchurch shooter is charged with 50 counts of murder and 39 counts of attempted murder
The man accused of shooting Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand has been charged with 50 counts of murder.
Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, is due to appear in the High Court at Christchurch on Friday.
The Australian-born man is accused of gunning down almost 100 people in a sickening attack on the Al Noor and Linwood mosques that was live-streamed and shared to Facebook on March 15.
Tarrant, 28, will appear via audio-visual link from New Zealand's only maximum security prison in Paremoremo, Auckland, the New Zealand Herald reported.
He has previously requested to represent himself in court, and in his last court appearance he smirked and gave a white supremacist sign with his hand.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6884693/Accused-Christchurch-mosque-shooter-Brenton-Tarrant-charged-50-counts-murder.html
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[–] 17820236? ago
I honestly don't know NZ law on the subject. My law training is Canadian and here it is well established as a protection to the defendant. To be clear, "Second Chair" means they are there to assist only. They can take over questioning or prepare documents if the defendant wants, but the defendant is free to ignore all the advice they are given and not let the lawyer speak in court at all. This arrangement can only help the defendant (for example suggesting the defendant object when the Crown crosses the line in what they are doing or finding precedent cases that support the case the defendant wants to make) and there really is no room for the defendant to be harmed by the lawyer's presence.
[–] 17820258? ago
Thanks for the clarification. Probably the same in NZ then, common law and all. Then the only way they can use these two lawyers nefariously is to ignore the law completely and I don't think they are prepared to go down that road, even considering the whole Voldemort treatment he is getting in the country.
Still, all of the articles I see about these lawyers make it out as if Brenton appointed them himself, instead of court appointing them for him. I guess we'll just have to wait and see further reports to understand what is going on.
[–] 17821517? ago
I agree journalism has gone in a toilet over the past couple decades. Too much use of newservice reports where the newreader doesn't even really understand the story and is just rewording someone else's work. That's why I never trust a single news report for information anymore.