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  •   Home > News > Law and Order

    Gisborne police have been searching overnight for a man in handcuffs, after he fled arrest yesterday morning

    Gisborne police have been searching overnight for a man in handcuffs, after he fled arrest yesterday morning


    Sonny Kennedy was handcuffed at the front of his body - and being walked by officers at a rural Whakarau Road property -- south-east of Matawai.

    Police say the 36-year-old then fled on foot towards the road. -- and may be hiding in a nearby bush area.

    Kennedy was dressed in a dark-coloured hoodie, light-coloured trousers and sneakers.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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