Lionel Allan, then known as Lionel Wickliffe starred as Matt Te Ahi in the 2002 comedy series Being Eve. The man killed in an alleged hit-and-run in Auckland last week was a former actor, who was eventually deported from Australia because of his criminal background. The NZ Herald has named Lionel Allan​ as the man who died after he was hit by a vehicle on The Concourse in Henderson on Friday night. The NZ Herald reported that Allan appeared at Auckland District Court earlier this year on a number of theft and burglary charges. “There's some real positive aspects of your life that you're able to point to," the NZ Herald reported Judge David Sharp as saying at the sentencing.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 04, 2022 01:45 UTC