Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Police have this evening arrested a man in relation to the death of a man in Sydenham yesterday afternoon.
The 28-year-old man has been charged with murder and will appear in Christchurch District Court tomorrow morning.
Police are continuing to appeal for sightings of the victim’s vehicle yesterday (Saturday 24 April).
The grey Holden Calais, registration LDE987, is believed to have left the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust on Brougham Street at 11.15am.
It was then abandoned on Monsaraz Boulevard at around 11.35am.
Anyone who saw the vehicle in the area around that time is asked to call 105 and quote file number 210424/6160.
Information can also be provided anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Issued by Police Media Centre.
