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Barry Soper: High Court bans return of seized gang patches

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 11 Jun 2026, 5:36pm
Six Mongrel Mob members and associates have been charged. File photo / Sarah Bicknell
Six Mongrel Mob members and associates have been charged. File photo / Sarah Bicknell

The High Court is quashing earlier court directions to return gang patches to some members.

Open Justice reports two men caught wearing patches in separate incidents were prosecuted, and in each the presiding judge ruled they could get back their insignia.

The Solicitor-General appealed those directions. 

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper outlined the terms of the ruling.

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