Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Colin Baillie:
Police have laid additional charges against a former child psychologist, currently on bail for alleged historic sexual offences.
Ricki (Ban Teik) Tan, aged 63, has been charged with 17 counts of historic sexual offending against five victims aged between 12 and 21 at the time of the alleged offending, between the late 1980s and early 2000s.
Police are now appealing to any other victims to come forward.
adminPlease attribute to Detective Sergeant Mark McCloy:
Police have arrested two youths in relation to a serious assault of a minor that took place in Invercargill’s Queens Park last Friday.
Both youths have been charged with aggravated robbery, indecent assault, kidnapping, and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. One of the youths has an additional charge of theft. Further charges are being considered.
These youths are not related to a series of assaults that took place in Invercargill earlier this year.
adminAttribute to Sergeant Terry Wood, Queenstown Police:
The search for Erika Rodrigues Coelho near Queenstown remains active, despite the physical search being paused for now.
This remains a missing person enquiry and we are keeping an open mind as to what occurred, so any information provided by members of the public will continue to be considered. It’s important that people get in touch if they think they may know something, no matter how small, as it could help build a clearer picture of what has happened.
