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Man charged with murder in relation to Opotiki death
Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Standen, Eastern Area Manager: Investigations:
Bay of Plenty Police have today arrested a 50-year-old Opotiki man in relation to the death of Brian Albert Hilton in July 2016.
The man has been charged with murder and will be appearing in Whakatane District Court on Wednesday 19 December.
Mr Hilton was admitted to Tauranga
Hospital on 7 July 2016 with facial injuries, from what was
believed at the time to be a fall in his home.
He died
six days later.
Police recently received new
information and as a result reopened the investigation into
Mr Hilton’s death.
This has been an extremely
difficult time for Mr Hilton’s family and they continue to
request privacy.
They do not wish to make any comment to
media at this stage.
As the matter is now before the
Court, no further comment can be made at this time.
ENDS
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