Winston Peters has accepted in the High Court that two former National ministers he had been suing for $450,000 for breaching his privacy were not the source of the leak or responsible for it. LAWRENCE SMITH/STUFF Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters. "The plaintiff was expecting a challenge from MSD to the ministers, but the MSD has not challenged the evidence that they [the ministers] did not leak. READ MORE:* Winston Peters: MSD staff could have seen document at printer, court hears* Winston Peters case: Anne Tolley regrets 'outburst' to sister about confidential pension overpayment* Winston Peters 'indignant and defensive' at news of pension overpayment, court hears* Winston Peters: Witnesses 'covering their butts' in legal battle with the Crown* Winston Peters: Superannuation leak 'malicious', 'a slur on my character'"That dual denial removed two of the options that the plaintiff, when it opened its case, was expecting to have examined in the court." Peters made his overpayment public during the general election campaign after learning the information had been provided to journalists.

Source: Stuff November 13, 2019 04:26 UTC