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Peter Marshall's trial on charges related to the collapse of Access Brokerage 2 years ago has again been adjourned after he suffered two strokes this year.
A hearing yesterday in the Wellington District Court was to have ruled whether Marshall was fit to stand trial next month on 14 Serious Fraud Office charges of false accounting and making false statements, or whether he should be granted a stay.
However, Marshall's barrister, Sandy Baigent, told Judge Ian Mill that Marshall had been in hospital after strokes in January and February.
Judge Mill adjourned proceedings until April 26 and withdrew without prejudice the application for a stay.
Access collapsed in late 2004 leaving clients $5 million out of pocket.
The SFO alleges that Marshall, 61, used client funds to prop up Access for some years before the firm eventually failed.
Problems only came to light when principal Bill Garlick took over as chief executive while Marshall went on sick leave to undergo heart surgery.
