Anti-vaccine activist Liz Gunn has had her conviction for assault set aside by a High Court Judge after she was earlier found guilty of assaulting an airport security worker.
Last year, Judge Janey Forrest refused to grant Gunn a discharge without conviction, after she was found guilty of assault following an incident at Auckland Airport in 2023.
Central to the case was whether Gunn had committed an assault when she tried to capture a security guard’s attention, by touching her arm, during a discussion about whether Gunn and her associate Jonathon Clark had permission to film at the airport.
Judge Forrest ruled that the touch was a “low level” assault, as Gunn did not have implied consent to touch the security guard during the “hostile” interaction.
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Last year, Judge Janey Forrest refused to grant Gunn a discharge without conviction, after she was found guilty of assault.
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