The justice system stinks at times - with what I call trumped up charges against John Banks being a case in point.
Mr Banks was acquitted of electoral fraud after the conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal.
The case related to donations Mr Banks received from Kim Dotcom for his 2010 mayoral campaign, which the Crown alleged were not disclosed on his electoral return.
The Court of Appeal overturned its earlier decision for a retrial after the Crown's key witness, Kim Dotcom, was found to have completely contradicted what he said at trial - the defence presented statements by two Americans that destroyed the Crown case. Mr Dotcom's changed version of events was withheld from the court by the Crown.