A 28-year-old man has been arrested for an alleged assault at a Timaru property that resulted a 68-year-old man’s death. A 28-year-old man charged with manslaughter following the death of a 68-year-old man at a property north of Timaru has been granted interim name suppression. Contact newstips@stuff.co.nzJudge Maze remanded the man in custody to appear in the High Court in Christchurch on May 21. On Sunday, Detective Senior Sergeant Damon Wells of the Canterbury CIB said no other people were being sought in relation to the incident. “As the matter is now before the court, police [are] not in a position to make further comment,” Wells said.

Source: Stuff May 02, 2021 21:10 UTC