R v Howe - [1982] 1 NZLR 618

Criminal law — Riot — Unmarked police car damaged during anti-Springbok demonstration — Accused charged under s 90(c) of the Crimes Act 1961 — Discussion of the mens rea required to be proved to establish the crime of riotous damage under s 90(c) — Whether there had been an implied repeal of s 339 so that the High Court no longer had jurisdiction to convict an accused of a lesser crime — Video tapes were shown to jury with commentary by detective identifying each accused — Whether detective should have been allowed to give a commentary — Whether sentences of 12 months imprisonment should be upheld.