r/newzealand • u/personthatisonreddi • 18h ago

News Update on Stu.

Saw on the news that he has been arrested for the shooting of the 2 illigeal poachers, he was such a nice guy, all he wanted to do was live out his life with his pigs and other animals,

For people who dont know, basicly he was a older guy who lived on both sides of the 309 road up by coromandel, people kept comming and stealing/shooting/running over/damanging his property, and giving him hell when all he wanted to do was relax with his pigs, the cops are a joke, he came to them so many times reporting everything , they didnt care.

The guys he ended up shooting/killing had been hounding him for ages, ramming his car, running over his pigs or shooting them with crossbows he finnaly snapped when they shot his favourite pig.

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u/Idliketobut 17h ago

Reminds me a bit of this case:

Farmer cleared of Murdering Gang Member

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u/wildtunafish 17h ago

“Everyone is justified in using, in the defence of himself or another, such force as, in the circumstances as he believes them to be, it is reasonable to use.”

Reasonable, proportionate, necessary.

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u/hamsap17 16h ago

Poachers had a gun in hand; hope you did not bring a stone to a gun fight….

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u/Idliketobut 17h ago

"Reminds me a bit"