In November 2019 he was sentenced in the New Plymouth District Court, ordered to pay the victim s family $1000 in reparation, and disqualified from driving for four years. The Parole Board met with Bishell in February at Whanganui Prison, via audio visual link, where he is serving a sentence of two years and six months. It found Bishell had done nothing in prison to reduce his re-offending, other than attending sessions with a mental health counsellor, which at best was only indirectly related to that offending. “The key treatment which, in our view, he needs to undertake, he is not at present prepared to do,” the Board s decision said.
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The men, aged 27 and 33, will appear in the New Plymouth District Court on Monday. (File photo)
A loaded firearm was recovered when police arrested two wanted men in New Plymouth at the weekend. Around midday on Saturday, officers in New Plymouth centre spotted a vehicle thought to have been involved in a recent fleeing driver incident in Whanganui. In a media release, police said they “conducted area enquiries” and found the two men near the intersection of Morley and Young streets about 12.45pm. The pair were arrested without incident and a firearm was recovered.
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New Plymouth Police have this afternoon located two men with warrants for arrest.
A vehicle thought to have been involved in a recent fleeing driver incident in Whanganui was seen by Police in the central business district about midday today.
Officers conducted area enquiries and located two men wanted by Police near the intersection of Morley Street and Young Street about 12.45pm.
The pair were arrested without incident and a firearm was recovered.
The vehicle was found down a driveway on St Aubyn Street.
“Thanks to the quick thinking of our officers, two wanted men are now in custody and a loaded firearm has been removed from our streets,” Sergeant Pat Duffy says.
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