Attributable to Acting Manawatu Area Commander Inspector Phil Ward:
Police have launched an investigation after the death of a man during an incident in Highbury yesterday.
At around 11.20am, Police sighted a person with an outstanding arrest warrant to arrest who was travelling in a vehicle on Wilson Crescent.
On seeing Police, the vehicle stopped and pulled into a driveway, and two people then fled on foot.
adminThe assault occurred on Tuesday 25 August, around 1.10am, near the Crew Room Bar entrance on Ballarat Street in Queenstown.
adminPolice can now confirm the name of the man who died following a house fire on Forest Hill Road, Henderson on 29 August.
He was Kenneth John McDougall, 72, of Auckland.
Our thoughts are with Kenneth’s loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.
The fire is not believed to be suspicious, and his death has been referred to the coroner.
ENDS.
Frankie Le Roy/NZ Police.
