I’ve had a call from the Law Society Library this morning.

They are trying to track down the details of a Court case in the 1980’s involving a UC lecturer/professor who was convicted of fraud.

Apparently the lecturer intervened (by impersonating the student) in ensuring that a student didn’t get a scholarship and further opportunities based on the scholarship. He was then convicted of fraud due to his actions.

The lecturer was Nirehay Singh and he was a Psychology lecturer/professor.

Does this ring any bells with anyone (who may have been here in that time) so that we can narrow the dates down and locate the newspaper report?

We can’t find this case or any reporting of it in any of the NZ legal databases and everything online Papers Past / Knowledge Basket / CCL Papers index etc all either end before or start after this!

I have suggested that the NZLS also visit Tūranga and view their microfiche press index to see if it’s mentioned there.

Any and all leads appreciated..

Theresa