Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 8. 1966.
Cost £4 to repaint
Cost £4 to repaint
Although be estimated the damage at £38 only £4 worth of paint had been used to paint out the slogans.
Students Murray Noel Williams and Derrick Garrard Goring said in evidence they had been with Jesson on the night of April 22 and Williams had supplied the car for their venture.
They said they had all entered the raceway together but neither could "remember" if Jesson had actually done any of the painting.
Goring also said he was with Jesson when the two letters were painted on the Royal dais. Later they had been taken to the police station together.
Goring told Mr. McClelland that when they had been accosted bv a policeman Jesson had asked if he was under arrest and the constable had replied that they were not under arrest but were being detained for questioning.