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A man who shot four members of the Armed Criminal Brigade in a house near Kawerau has failed to convince the Supreme Court that he is illegally detained.
Rhys Richard Ngahiwi Warren, 31, was found guilty at trial, in Hamilton Superior Court, in 2017 on two counts of attempted murder, three of using a firearm against a law enforcement officer and one of injuring with the intent to cause serious bodily injury. .
Four officers, Agent Regan Mauheni, Agent Damian White, Agent Andrew Flinn and Sergeant Logan Marsh, were shot by Warren on March 9, 2016, during the siege of Onepu Springs Road, about 5 km from Kawerau in the Bay of Plenty.
He was sentenced to pretrial detention on the charges, which means he can be held indefinitely and will only be released if the Parole Board deems it safe.
Warren later appealed his conviction, stating that the courts had no authority to prosecute him because he was Te Tangata Whenua.
He also filed three writs of habeas corpus with the Superior Court alleging that he was illegally detained or imprisoned.
The first request was made while waiting for the trail, the second, after his conviction and sentence.
Rhys Warren during his sentencing in 2017.
The third and most recent request was dismissed by Judge Powell on December 10.
Warren then asked the Supreme Court to appeal that ruling using an argument of Maori sovereignty.
However, in a ruling issued Wednesday, that offer was dismissed and the court ruled that it was clear that he had been in legal detention since a court order was issued in August 2017.
“The submissions in support of the permit application do not reveal any basis for doubting the veracity of the judgment of [Justice] Powell, ”the decision read.
“The proposed appeal does not raise a matter of general or public importance and there does not appear to be a judicial error.”
-Stuff.
