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chopper1

Saturday, April 18, 2009

tony veitch

Now he tried to commit suiside. I hope he goes to jail the jerk

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out of 10

Two of the letters written by high-profile New Zealanders to support Tony Veitch were changed before being used as character references in court.

Squash champion Dame Susan Devoy and Olympic chef de mission Dave Currie wrote glowing testimonials for Veitch - thinking their words would be used to help him get his passport returned by the court, not in sentencing submissions.

Neither knew Veitch was planning to plead guilty to injuring ex-partner Kristin Dunne-Powell, and both feel they have been misled.

The letters from Dame Susan and Mr Currie were changed before being handed to Judge Jan Doogue as part