Security swarmed to a tense standoff outside a Manukau District Court room this morning
Security swarmed to a tense standoff outside a Manukau District Court room this morning
8 February 2023
Authorities added a manslaughter charge to its case against an Auckland man accused of a fatal Boxing Day kidnapping.
20-year-old Jovan Aroha Zachariah Pora appeared only briefly, then was immediately transferred to the High Court at Auckland because of the newest charge.
Pora had earlier been charged with kidnapping a 19-year-old woman found dead on Auckland's Southwestern Motorway.
New court documents state he is accused of having "caused the death of by threats or fear of violence to open the door of a moving vehicle".
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