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Former Nelson mayor Rachel Reese confronted by terrifying intruder who ‘claimed’ her house (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 4 months ago by Ilovethebomb to c/politics

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The 41-year-old man was initially charged with unlawfully being in a building and on 1 March, he appeared in the Nelson District Court before a community magistrate who convicted and discharged him.

Uhh, what the fuck? How did anyone think letting this person go was a reasonable thing to do?

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[–] Ilovethebomb 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It reads to me that she went back to the police, and spoke further with them about that night, which led to the more serious charges being placed.

[–] Dave 2 points 4 months ago

If that's the case, it sounds like the only possible mistake here is that the police didn't spend enough time with her the first time. Like I said, I'd bet the police don't have the funding they need. Hiring freeze leading to 200 empty roles, plus an additional 175 redundancies to meet the governments cost cutting directive is probably not helping things.