Bushman turns himself in
PA Rotorua An unemployed bushman, Paul Patterson, aged 26, was remanded without plea to February 18 when he appeared before Mr Tony Israel, J.P., in the District Court at Taupo yesterday charged with the murder of Wallace Tahau, aged 38, at Taupo on Saturday. His address was listed as care of Waiohau, Whakatane. Bail was not sought and Patterson was remanded without plea to February 18. Earlier yesterday morning, Patterson had walked into the Taupo police station with his lawyer, Mr Anthony Christiansen. Mr Tahau died after suffering shotgun wounds to the chest in a double shooting at a Tauharepa Road house about 4 a.m. on Saturday. Audrey White, aged 24, suffered a, bullet wound to the thigh in the incident. She is now reported in a comfortable condition in Taupo Hospital. A full-scale search was: made after the shoot-out in the Murupara area, but was scaled down on Sun--day. ' . , A funeral for Mr Tahau was held at the Waitahanui marae on Monday. ;
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19860212.2.28
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, 12 February 1986, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
167Bushman turns himself in Press, 12 February 1986, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in