The case went to trial in early 2016 and the officer was acquitted, but still the report was withheld. The AOS officer who shot Pere had been charged with careless use of a firearm. Initially, the IPCA said legal action had delayed the investigation. ![]() The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) investigated the shooting but, contrary to its usual practice of publishing decisions on its website, didn't release the findings. Pere's single bullet wound to the back was serious but it could have been fatal. The AOS had mistakenly loaded their rifles with training ammunition, which turns to dust on impact. He was admitted to hospital in a serious condition but he lived, partly due to one of many mistakes made by the police that day. Pere was lying on the ground in handcuffs when he was accidentally shot by a member of the Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) in Hastings on 16 August, 2013. The official report into why Iriheke Pere, a 33-year-old Māori man with mental health issues, was shot in the back by police was never publicly released. You can read the previous two stories here: Licence to Kill Police who killed were given evidence in advance. ![]() This is the third story in an investigative series on police shootings. ![]() Photo: Getty Images / Designer: Vinay Ranchhod
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |