""It is inappropriate for Judge Brandts-Giesen to continue sitting on the bench," she told the Herald. MacLennan references comments by Chief District Court Judge Jan-Marie Doogue in March last year. MacLennan said Judge Brandts-Giesen's comments and sentence in this case "run completely contrary" to Judge Doogue's statement. Judge Brandts-Giesen was appointed to the judiciary in August 2016. Before he became a District Court judge he had practised law for more than 40 years.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 12, 2017 21:22 UTC