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| Subject: NZ: Three poLICE officers charged with manslaughter after gross negligence led to man's death in cell Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:23 pm | |
| Three Taranaki police officers have been charged with manslaughter.
The officers, all of whom have interim name suppression, have been charged in relation to the death of a 55-year-old man who died while in custody at the Hāwera Police Station in the early hours of 1 June 2019.
It has been alleged the officers were grossly negligent in their duty of care to the victim and that this negligence was a causal factor in his death.
The man, whose name remains suppressed at the request of the coroner, had been taken into police custody hours before his death.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300026518/three-police-officers-charged-with-manslaughter-after-gross-negligence-led-to-mans-death-in-cell
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