By Ingrid Hipkiss
The Dotcom saga was back in court today, with lawyers for the internet millionaire questioning the testimony of a top police officer.
The inspector in charge of the raid on Dotcom's mansion was accused of giving evidence that was inconsistent with the truth.
Kim Dotcom was still confident justice would prevail as he arrived at court today.
“The courts in New Zealand – they are dealing with lies, cover ups and fake stories on a daily basis and they will see straight through this,” he said.
But even the court's getting frustrated.
“It’s taking an awfully long time and it isn't proceeding in a coherent fashion,” said Justice Helen Winkelmann.
The latest twist in the case has been the revelation of secret and illegal surveillance on Dotcom carried out by New Zealand's external spy agency – the GCSB.
Dotcom’s lawyer Paul Davison, QC today addressed the fact that the officer in charge of the raid – Detective Inspector Grant Wormald – previously denied under oath that Dotcom was under surveillance by anyone other than police.
“There are some very grave and significant implications arising from the inconsistency,” says Mr Davison.
Mr Wormald has since filed papers saying he was mistaken in his evidence, but there's no explanation as to how the Government's spies missed the fact Dotcom was a New Zealand resident, and thus off-limits.
Dotcom’s lawyers are suspicious that evidence is being kept secret under the guise of national security.
“Enough is enough is enough,” says Mr Davison.
The court will now select an independent person to wade through all the evidence and decide what should be handed over to Dotcom's lawyers.
All that evidence will be used to decide whether the police raid was reasonable, or as Dotcom claims, unreasonable.
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