Two years on from the unsolved killing of a baby girl in Auckland, the Herald can reveal a charge has been dropped against a family member accused of trying to obstruct justice. The case spent months in the Manukau District Court before the charge was quietly dropped. Police said the Crown Solicitor at Manukau decided not to proceed further with the charge. "So it often happens that the evidence available at the outset, when the police charge someone, looks less strong at a later stage." But if a charge is withdrawn, double jeopardy does not apply and another charge, or the same charge, can be brought again down the line.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 19, 2022 00:16 UTC