It'll be at least a year before two people connected to the New Zealand First Foundation go through the courts.
The Serious Fraud Office has charged them with obtaining by deception.
No ministers or MPs from the New Zealand First Party have been charged.
Otago University law Professor Andrew Geddis told Mike Hosking it will be a year at least before there's any trial.
“Jami Lee Ross and others charged in connection with donations to the National Party won't go to court until next year, so we won’t see a trial until at least 2021.”
Geddis says the charges have been brought under the Crimes Act, rather than the Electoral Act.
He says it's a serious offence and the maximum penalty is seven years in prison.
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