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Darren Thomas Court will appear in court next March

Darren Thomas Court will appear in court next March

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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 1:34p.m.

A man arrested in connection with the shooting of an Auckland police officer has been given bail after appearing in Auckland District Court today.

Darren Thomas Court, 43, was arrested on Christmas Eve on a warrant relating to the shooting of Constable Jeremy Snow two days earlier.

Mr Snow walked into a hail of bullets early last Tuesday morning in Papatoetoe while investigating a car that looked like it was being tampered with.

He was still recovering at Middlemore Hospital.

A second man had earlier been arrested and charged with the attempted murder of Mr Snow.

Court has been charged in relation to two warrants for car theft and violence, Radio New Zealand reported.

He will next appear in court next March.

Police were still investigating whether he had any involvement with Mr Snow's shooting.

NZPA

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Comments [4]

pee o tee
30 Dec 2009 5:20p.m.

Poor guy had bad nappy training.Maybe now he will shit himself.

Phil
29 Dec 2009 6:41p.m.

The media are showing photos of Darren Thomas as if he was the one who shot the police officer.

Yet the article has stated that another person was arrested who had done the shooting.

What concerns me here is that although Darren Thomas is a scum bag, it may very well turn out after the final police investigation he may not have any connection at all.

This clearly means that the media could be paying attention to the wrong person.

This is sloppy journalism at its best. Do better TV3.

John
29 Dec 2009 5:06p.m.

This guy got Bail? I cant believe it, what do you have to do these days tp get denied bail, obviously attempting to steal a car, bring a gun with you, have 2 warrant for your arrest and fail to appear in court twice. then run off without helping a critically wounded Police officer. If the idiot who bailed him read this. " You are a complete prick" I hope next time he steals your car and you get up in the night to see whats happening and you get confronted by him. Lets see if you give him bail then. Judge you are a looser.

dude
29 Dec 2009 4:44p.m.

its almost certain that this guy is a sack of s@#t, why bail? he was at the shooting and absconded,he offerd no assistance to the victim despite knowing what had happened, lock him up.

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