Bail was granted yesterday by Judge Geoff Rea. He approved another address outside Hawke's Bay, and again Skeet was ordered to stay out of Hawke's Bay, apart from court appearances and specifically approved visits to her mother. She is prohibited from staying in Hawke's Bay overnight.
Defence counsel Cliff Church, however, believes the probation officer who signed off on the address transfer had made the decision in full knowledge of his client's bail conditions.
He said on Wednesday that Skeet had not known until that day her bail bond precluded her living in Hawke's Bay.
Outside court Skeet and Hunter made every effort to conceal their faces from media cameras. Hunter later took offence at being pursued by media and chased one photographer down the street.
The situation was defused by court security staff before both Skeet and Hunter left in the same vehicle, Skeet having been ordered to reach her new address last night.
The Corrections Department is understood to be investigating how its officer granted Skeet approval to live back in Hawke's Bay, and at the address of a prolific criminal. A communications staff member said last night: "We aren't able comment on the management of individual offenders."
