10 Mar 2020

Police guns, car thief jailed for more than three years

From Checkpoint, 5:50 pm on 10 March 2020

A Southland man who stole two police-issued pistols and a patrol car, triggering a manhunt has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.

Hori Gemmell was arrested in Te Tipua, near Gore in last August.

This afternoon, the 24-year-old was sentenced in Invercargill District Court on a raft of charges.

Tess Brunton was in court and filed this report.