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A 32-year-old man found dead with a gunshot wound in Palmerston North yesterday afternoon has been named as Jamie Martin Faulkner who lived in the city. . Area enquiries are also still continuing.
The road has also now re-opened and all residents are back in their homes, but a small area is still sealed off and the full scene examination is expected to take another two days.
That man is being questioned by police.
The victim was reportedly involved in an altercation with another man at a close toby flat shortly before his death, police said.
“We are also examining to get a better understanding of the relationship between the two men.
“We’re examining at that altercation and the extent that that is relevant to his death,” Detective Sergeant Craig Sheridan said this morning.”
The death is not being treating as a homicide at this stage and no arrests have been made, he said. These enquiries are likely to take some days.
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A Hastings Muslim woman who was barred from entering a courtroom because she refused to take off her headscarf is going to lodge a complaint with the Human Rights Commission.
Yasmeen Ali said she had gone to Hastings District Court yesterday morning to support her brother, also a Muslim, who was being sentenced, Hawke’s Bay Today reported. .Ms Ali said she would lodge a complaint with the Human Rights Commission.However, after the morning break, when Ms Ali tried to go back into the courtroom, she was told the presiding judge, Judge Geoff Rea, had ordered she was not to be allowed in wearing the scarf.A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said the ministry did not comment on judicial decisions.”It is disgusting behaviour and I should not be treated like this and I do not think any other Muslim woman should be treated like this,” Ms Ali said.”The presiding judge has jurisdiction over proceedings in the courtroom.He was asked by the judge to remove his “hat”.”Ms Ali’s brother, Carlos Manuel Brooking, 22, was waiting to appear for sentence on a charge of common assault. He then walked out of court and was taken into custody. Brooking removed the headress but was reluctant to remove the smaller garment underneath. On the assault charge he was sentenced to 125 hours community work.Later in the dock he apologised saying he had recently become a Muslim.