Piracy accused Kim Dotcom has been given permission to return to his $30 million mansion.
Bail conditions for the Megaupload founder were relaxed further when he and three other co-accused appeared in Auckland District Court today.
Dotcom, Finn Batato, Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk were granted bail variations they were seeking – giving them more freedom.
Judge David Harvey said Dotcom and his co-accused were less of a flight risk now and no longer needed to be electronically monitored.
Dotcom’s lawyer William Akel says he will still report regularly to the Northshore District Court, but the trio can now “start living normal lives”.
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