Photo: Boag Allan SvGThe highest court in the country has dismissed a former National Party president's last-ditch fight to keep her name secret in connection to a high-profile trial. The Supreme Court has rejected Michelle Boag's bid to overturn a ruling allowing her to be named, after the High Court and Court of Appeal also dismissed appeals. Boag was named during the trial of a prominent businessman who was convicted and jailed after indecently assaulting three men and attempting to bribe one of them to drop his complaint. Stuff reported Boag said in an affidavit to the court that she had worked hard over the years to make a name for herself based on "integrity, skill and competence". The businessman cannot be named and last month he appealed his conviction and sentence at the Court of Appeal, where a decision was reserved.

Source: Stuff October 28, 2022 06:53 UTC