Police have caught a suspected arsonist in south Auckland
Police have caught a suspected arsonist in south Auckland, after he escaped from court earlier in the week
12 August 2018
The Armed Offenders Squad was called out to Manurewa this afternoon, to reports of a man with a pistol.
However they found a person trapped under a house who identified himself as Darcy Hayes.
Police had been searching for the man since he escaped from the Auckland District Court on Tuesday.
He was due to appear on a charge of attempted arson, after a fire started at the High Court in Auckland when a window was smashed and an object thrown inside.
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