Exonerating David Parker

Before we appoint ourselves as judge and jury on Hyslop’s character and exonerate Parker we should look at the facts that we actually know are true.

A company owned by 3 parties two being from the same family and 1 other failed with financial issue. The family parties represented the lawyer, accountant and controlling interest of the company. The third party claims he was denied taking a prosecution in his bankruptcy. Neither of the accountant/lawyer/family share holders were bankrupted by it. The third parties share sale was messed up and false returns were filed by the company lawyer/accountant. The third parties shares are still on the register, but documents past their normal retention date say they are not his. A Crown Solicitor makes a legal ruling in favour of a Labour party MP who is the lawyer/accountant that filed the false returns. Around the country many lawyers are scratching and shaking their heads. The PM gets involved and gives the aggrieved third party a perceived time limit to get on with his allegations bacause she wants her Minister back in Cabinet. The third party is still claiming he has been denied taking the matter to court and the PM calls Ian Wishart a creep for bringing it all into the public arena.

Anything other than the hard facts are potentially contrived stories from either party in a case like this.

I would think that unless this whole mess goes to court and is audited completely, neither party should be trusted in any business dealings. People supporting the Parker side of the story solely because of political affiliation should consider that it is possible that Parker is not the innocent party the Labour party makes him out to be.