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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1100/
- Published: 2024-11-19T17:30:49.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-19T17:30:48.000Z
- Description: Judge Forrest convicted and discharged Gunn at her sentencing, saying the assault was low level but the 64-year-old had shown no remorse.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Former TVNZ host, anti-vaccination campaigner and failed political candidate Liz Gunn has been unsuccessful in her bid to avoid a conviction for assault.  
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> Gunn, aka Elizabeth Jane Cooney, appeared before Judge Janey Forrest in the Manukau District Court on Tuesday for sentencing.  
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> Her lawyer, Matthew Hague, sought a discharge without conviction after she was [found guilty of assaulting an airport worker](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/liz-gunn-assault-trial-judge-finds-anti-vaccination-campaigner-guilty-of-assault/SDPOZCTV5VE6FB3SASUGLILG5Y/?ref=goodoil.news) at a judge-alone trial in May.  
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> Judge Forrest convicted and discharged Gunn at her sentencing, saying the assault was low level but the 64-year-old had shown no remorse. The consequences of a conviction were not out of proportion with the gravity of her offending, the judge concluded.  
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> Hague asked for his client to be given leave to sit beside him on the bench in court usually reserved for the defence counsel.  
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> Judge Forrest declined, saying Gunn’s case was one of several in a sentencing list alongside other defendants who were appearing from custody.  
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> She should be in the dock like everyone else appearing for sentencing before her that day, Judge Forrest said.  
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> There were far fewer supporters present in court today than the dozens who turned up to each day of her trial. Present in the public gallery were her former co-accused Jonathan Clark and four other loyal supporters.  
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> NZ Herald

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