A man returned to a party in Dunedin and continued drinking for 40 minutes after his friend either jumped or was pushed into Otago Harbour at the weekend, police say. Police were called by a security guard who said a drunk man had claimed to have thrown his friend into Otago Harbour about 2am on Sunday. "We attended and the story changed, he then stated the person had jumped in the harbour 40 minutes earlier,'' Snr Sgt Dinnissen said. Forty minutes later, he went back to the harbour, but his friend was nowhere to be seen. Nearly ten years ago, the body of a 20-year-old University of Otago student was found in the harbour.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 21, 2019 21:56 UTC