March 15, 2018
NZ Independent Police Conduct Report Slams Exit Illegal Roadblock
NZ Independent Police Conduct Authority & the NZ Privacy Commissioner have today slammed the roadblock mounted by NZ Police as part of Operation Painter. Operation Painter was the undercover Police investigation that led to Exit’s Wellington Chapter Coordinator being charged with drug offences and assisting a suicide. The Roadblock was not only a breach of […]
February 24, 2018
Susan Austen trial verdict: not guilty of aiding suicide
The Dominion Post, Court Reporter
At the High Court in Wellington yesterday, Austen’s supporters gave a collective gasp of relief as she was found not guilty of aiding Treadwell’s suicide. Austen herself later said she had been in awe when she heard the verdict. READ MORE: * Annemarie Treadwell’s plea * Jury told to put aside views on assisted dying * […]
February 24, 2018
Susan Austen not guilty of assisting suicide
Wellington woman Susan Austen has been found not guilty of assisting suicide. A jury has just delivered the verdict at the High Court in Wellington where she’s been standing trial over the past two weeks. She has also been found not guilty on a representative charge of importing the Class C drug pentobarbitone. However she […]
February 21, 2018
Checkpoint after Exit meeting to check elderly attendees were okay, court told
The Dominion Post, Court Reporter
Police set up a checkpoint to identify people leaving a pro-euthanasia group meeting to make sure they were okay, a jury has been told. A police officer’s evidence about the checkpoint was greeted with laughter from the public gallery at the High Court trial in Wellington of Susan Dale Austen, 67, who is charged with aiding […]
February 20, 2018
Exit Wellington Coordinator Found Not Guilty Assisted Suicide
Press Release In Wellington’s High Court today, Exit International Coordinator Suzy Austen, has been found not guilty of assisting in the June 2016 suicide of fellow Exit International member, Annemarie Treadwell. She has been found guilty of 2 of 3 charges of importing Nembutal. The two week trial heard from 30+ crown witnesses who documented […]
February 17, 2018
Susan Austen trial: Police bugs recorded Exit meeting at suspect’s home
Police audio bugs recorded a meeting of the Wellington branch of pro-euthanasia group Exit International, a jury has heard. Police had a High Court judge’s permission to bug the phone calls and home of branch chairwoman, Susan Austen. Austen had emphasised confidentiality as the October 2, 2016, meeting had begun. Austen, 67, has pleaded not guilty to […]
February 16, 2018
LAST RITES CALLED FOR HOME OF DOCTOR DEATH
Off The Record, The Adelaide Advertiser
IT has served as a corner store, a house, holiday accommodation and a controversial euthanasia clinic, and now Philip Nitschke’s Gilberton home is on the market. Planning department records show that Nitschke’s wife, Fiona Stewart, purchased the property at 19 Gilbert St, Gilberton, in 2013. “We lived there for a couple of years when I […]
February 13, 2018
High Court trial of euthanasia campaigner Susan Austen gets under way on Monday
Susan Austen has pleaded not guilty to aiding a suicide and importing a drug that can be used for euthanasia. The trial of euthanasia campaigner Susan Austen begins in the High Court at Wellington on Monday. The 66-year-old retired Lower Hutt teacher faces one charge of aiding Annemarie Niesje Treadwell to commit suicide, and two charges of importing pentobarbitone, a […]