16 Dec 2020

Man avoids jail after dumping body in central North Island

From Checkpoint, 6:22 pm on 16 December 2020

A man has avoided jail after admitting to dumping a body in wasteland in the central North Island.

Zhang Yuzhen pleaded guilty to helping hide the body of Wang Bao Chang, whose family thought he was overseas until he was found by police in a shallow grave earlier this year.

Jordan Bond was in the High Court at Auckland.