"It is going to be a rather complex case."
He asked Judge David Wilson QC for more time to file the indictment and said there would be further disclosure made to Helsby-Knight.
But Helsby-Knight said the extension went against natural justice and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.
He said the bulk of the charges were the same.
"The nature of the offences ... there was no violence, no drugs. The bulk of the charges are for $124. That's the nature of it."
He said the case was not complicated and asked Judge Wilson if he had received some faxes he sent through.
"The jailers in the dungeon did it a little earlier."
He said he had contacted police on five occasions to offer his "alibi" but police told him they already had enough evidence.
"They have all the evidence, they've had all this time. They've had months and months."
He said police had eight months to get the file ready and asked Judge Wilson to throw the charges out.
But Judge Wilson pointed out that the Crown now had the file and it was their job to independently review it.
He said the Crown had indicated the indictment would be sent to Helsby-Knight before the case was called again in May.
"There will be no impact on the overall disposition of the case," Judge Wilson said and granted the extension.
