A 12-year-old boy has become the second person to be charged with murder over the death of 62-year-old Ōkaihau man, Michael John Biggins.
He has been jointly charged with a 15-year-old who is already before the courts, Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Dalzell of Northland Police, said.
Biggins died after he was pulled from a crashed car in a paddock on Imms Rd in Ōkaihau, near Kaikohe, a short distance from where he lived, in September.
At the time police said it appeared he had died from previously inflicted injuries, not the crash.
The 12-year-old boy is expected to appear in the Kaikohe Youth Court on Monday.
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"Police continue to support Mr Biggins' family at this extremely difficult time," Dalzell said.
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