UNITED KINGDOM
Sky News
Dame Lowell Goddard has refused to give evidence about her resignation from the child abuse inquiry and rounded on the Government for failing to defend her.
The New Zealand judge has refused to speak in front of the Home Affairs Select Committee because it would be “unacceptable” for allegations against her to be aired in public, where those who make them are protected from prosecution.
In a letter to the committee, Dame Lowell said she had been the “subject of malicious defamatory attacks” in the UK media and had informed the committee of “the falsity of these and their apparent purpose”.
She added that were she to give evidence via video link from New Zealand she would not be afforded freedom from prosecution in any allegations she might need to make in her defence.
She also heavily criticised the Government for failing to robustly defend her against the allegations of racism and poor treatment of colleagues. Dame Lowell has always denied all the claims made against her.
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