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ODT shields offender’s identity

ODT shields offender’s identity

But here’s who was behind Oamaru’s 24-hour crime spree

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May 09, 2025
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As is becoming routine, the Otago Daily Times (ODT) has hidden the name of a violent offender behind a paywall. Fortunately, that information need not remain inaccessible to the public. The man at the centre of a 24-hour rampage described by police as "horrific" is 27-year-old Tanera Malachi Otene.

Otene appeared in the Dunedin District Court on Thursday…

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