Seven further charges have been laid against two North Otago men accused of a kidnapping police have described as a "hate crime". The men are accused of ordering two men out of the town of Moeraki because they believed they were gay. NZPA reports that as well as the joint charge of kidnapping, the pair are charged with threatening and assaulting the alleged kidnap victim at Moeraki last Friday, unlawfully entering and remaining in his house and another house at Moeraki, threatening a second man and assaulting him twice. One of the accused was not present in Dunedin District Court yesterday and has been remanded in custody until Tuesday. He has continued name suppression. The second man has been released on bail until January 20 and he also has name suppression.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Friday, 17th December 2010 - 12:21pm