3 Jun 2021

Hawera police manslaughter trial: Officers found not guilty

From Checkpoint, 5:16 pm on 3 June 2021

Three Taranaki police officers have been found not guilty of the manslaughter of a man who died in custody at the Hawera police station.

The three officers have name suppression since being charged with the manslaughter of 55-year-old Allen Ball in June 2019.

The charge related to them failing to provide the necessaries of life after Ball died in one of their cells.

Our reporter Robin Martin has been covering the case and joins Lisa Owen with the details.