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Kim Dotcom Bail Conditions Relaxed

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Sun Apr 01, 2012 at 10:40:43 PM EST
Tags: Kim Dotcom, MegaUpload (all tags)
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A judge in New Zealand today eased the bail restrictions on Kim Dotcom and his MegaUpload co-defendants. Kim DotCom requested:

....internet access, permission to meet with his co-accused to research their court case, permission to go swimming at the pool at his mansion and be allowed to travel to a music studio to finish recording an album.

The judge granted all, with some limits on how often he could visit the recording studio. The Crown did not oppose internet access or going to the pool. The Judge, in granting the motion, said Kim DotCom was not a flight risk: [More...]

Judge Harvey said the behaviour of the applicants while on bail had been exemplary. He saw no reason for Dotcom to want to flee, given he was a family man and if he fled, he would have to live as a fugitive.

The judge also said it was consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act that the defendants had the opportunity to meet and discuss their case.

There has been no ruling yet on whether Kim Dot Com will get all his assets back due to the procedurally deficient seizure order.

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    • Kim Dotcom Bail Conditions Relaxed | 1 comment (1 topical)
    Thank you (none / 0) (#1)
    by sj on Mon Apr 02, 2012 at 10:27:29 AM EST
    for staying on top of this.  I'm not sure how it got on your radar, but I'm really glad it did.

    Kim Dotcom Bail Conditions Relaxed | 1 comment (1 topical)