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On Wednesday, police divers searched the area where the body of Joseph Nansen was found in Evans Bay.
A man found dead in the waters of Wellington Bay was a member of a gang facing charges of family violence.
The body of Joseph Koki Nansen, who has not yet been officially named by police, was pulled from the sea near the Evans Bay marina on Tuesday.
The Nomads gang member, 45, was wearing only his underwear.
His death is receiving significant scrutiny from detectives, who have not yet determined how he came to be in the water.
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Nansen’s gang ties and the fact that none of his clothing was found on the coast have raised red flags.
An autopsy on Thursday was expected to shed light on how he died.
Things He learned that Nansen was due to appear in Wellington District Court next week on charges of using threatening language, strangulation, and death threats.
The alleged crime is related to an incident of family violence last year.
Kevin Stent / Things
A police diver participating in the search on Wednesday.
Nansen, who the police described as Maori, about 185 centimeters tall and slim, is no stranger to the courts.
His record includes convictions for theft, cannabis possession, assault, fraud, and resistance to arrest.
In 2011, Nansen was jailed for four years and 10 months after he violated a protection order and stabbed a former partner in the head and neck with a kitchen knife.
Sentencing judge Judge Dobson described the 2010 attack, which was stopped by members of the public, as “serious” and “was at risk of inflicting substantially more serious damage on [the victim] what happened “.
On Wednesday, police divers searched the water area where Nansen’s body was discovered.
They retrieved a number of articles that were being examined.
On Thursday, Detective Sergeant Major Barry Bysouth, the officer in charge of the investigation, said police were still trying to establish Nansen’s movements that led to his death and how he came to be in the water.
They were following “positive leads” and talking to witnesses.
Bysouth said police always looked closely at cases in which someone was found dead in the water.
When the circumstances were not explained, “obviously we will raise the level of our investigation.”
He urged anyone who may have seen Nansen in the Evans Bay area, or items of discarded clothing on the coast, to contact the police.
Anyone with information should call the Wellington Crime Squad at 105 or Crimestoppers anonymously at 0800 555 111.
