Phillip Layton Edwards The man who killed gay Auckland interior decorator David McNee in 2003 is back behind bars following his arrest yesterday in connection with a child abduction case. Phillip Layton Edwards, 33, is accused of abducting a two year old boy from the Panmure home of a women he had been seeing. The abduction sparked a massive police search and the child was later found abandoned but unharmed. Edwards was found at a Blockhouse Bay address and a 25 year old woman has been charged with being an accessory after the fact.
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First published: Wednesday, 4th September 2013 - 11:50am