13 April 2022
IR-01-22,,9630
Tony
Tony <[FYI request #19040 email]>
Kia ora Tony
Request for information
Thank you for your request dated 3 April 2022 for information about Mr Clarke
Gayford. Your request has been considered in accordance with the Official
Information Act 1982. You requested:
Please confirm whether Clarke Gayford has been on remand or Home
Detention in 2021/22.
Police released a statement to Newshub in early March, which they published on
9 March 2022 in the following article:
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/03/clarke-gayford
pokes-fun-at-court-appearance-rumours-as-police-deny-he-s-facing
charges.html?cid=soc4:newshubfb
The relevant statement provided to Newshub by Police is copied below.
"While in general we do not respond to enquiries which seek to confirm if
individuals are under police investigation, on this occasion we can say that Mr
Gayford is not and has not been the subject of any police inquiry, nor has he
been charged in relation to any matter."
In order to be on remand or home detention, an individual would have to be
charged with an offence. Mr Gayford has not been charged with any offence, as
per the above statement.
Yours sincerely
oryWilliams
etective Superintendent
Director Organised Crime
Te Ohu Whakamana Taihara o
Aotearoa