Porirua Homicide Investigation Update

Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 10:26 am
Press Release: New Zealand Police

Porirua Homicide Investigation Update
New Zealand Police National News Release
9:44am 11 December 2007
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release.html?id=3560

The brother of Cannons Creek homicide victim Fitzgerald Risati (24) will be in Wellington Hospital for another few days.

Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Oxnam, head of Porirua CIB, said Risati Risati, 21, is recovering well from a wound to his back but medical experts say he needs another few days before he can be discharged.

Detective Senior Sergeant Oxnam said the second man arrested for the murder of Fitzgerald, the attempted murder of Risati, and a charge of unlawful assembly, will appear in the Napier District Court at 2.15pm today.

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