Trooper, do you know a news article that mention how the guy arrived at the camper van location? It seems quite remote and the encounter was very early morning.
Kubi...no , I don't , and it is something I am curious about also. Obviously, it is hard to believe he walked out to the killing site. Maybe he left his vehicle there, and this was one way of ascertaining who he was, where he might go to.
Yet, he had the mental acuity to get himself there, by whatever means, choose a particular van and target, took his own weaponry and ammo, ( you'd have to say a reasonable amount of premeditation there ) and then had enough smarts to get this strangers van back down and into Gordontoun. And then, to successfully hide himself for some hours.
But now, apparently, he is too mentally debilitated to even make a plea.
I suspect that it hasn't been made public how he arrived there because someone else , inadvertently, one hopes, took him there, and that name is suppressed also.
The NZers know how to do this kind of stuff, though.. The NZ police are no strangers to peculiar events, and it's a matter of patience while it wends its way slowly, but very surely, through the NZ legal system.
Keep tuned!... a provisional date for a court trial has already been penciled in, ( I think Nov 20 ) so it's a matter of getting this person up to speed, perhaps medically, and/ or therapeutically, enough to enable them to make a plea one way or the other that satisfies a NZ Judge.
Also, the shooter has to be able to make coherent instructions to his (legally appointed ) barrister, as well. This could delay things somewhat.
