Nine new charges will be laid in the Christchurch District Court sitting at the Nga Hau e Wha Marae today against a 48-year-old man shot and injured by police at Otane, Central Hawke¡¯s Bay, on 20 October last year.
The man, who was transferred from hospital in Hastings to Christchurch for specialist medical care today faces:
? Two charges of threatening to kill
? Two charges of presenting an object like a firearm
? Two charges of burglary
? Two charges of unlawfully taking a motor vehicle
? Driving in a dangerous manner.
Police say the charges result from inquiries into alleged offending which culminated in an officer being confronted and threatened while stopping a vehicle which the 48-year-old was a passenger.
Superintendent Sam Hoyle, Eastern District Commander, said that investigations by the IPCA, and also by police including examining policy and procedure, are continuing.
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Released by: Kaye Calder, Public Affairs, Police National Headquarters, Tel: 04 460 2986 or mobile 027 241 6305.