Arrested man discharged from hospital into custody

The 50 year-old man at the centre of the tragic conclusion to a Police pursuit on Friday, January 23, was released from Auckland Hospital late this morning where he had been under Police guard since Friday evening.

He is being held in custody at the Henderson Police Station today where he will be formally interviewed about the events leading up to his arrest on Friday afternoon.

He will appear in the Auckland District Court tomorrow [Monday, 26/1/09] where he will face charges relating to several alleged offences in numerous Auckland and west Auckland suburbs before the fatal shooting of Halatau Naitoko on the Northwestern Motorway.