Christchurch homicide: man and woman appear in court charged with murder

Two people have appeared in court accused of killing a Christchurch man in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

The couple, a 24-year-old man and woman, were jointly charged, along with “unknown persons,” in the murder of Kane Alan Wayman, 46, yesterday.

Detectives say they are investigating whether others were also involved.

The accused man has been identified in the indictment documents in court as a pawn. The woman is from Christchurch.

This morning in Christchurch District Court, the couple, who appeared separately, were granted provisional name suppression.

Judge Jane McMeeken ordered them both into custody without a guilty plea to appear in Christchurch Superior Court on February 4. No requests for bail were presented.
There were no members of the public in court this morning.

It was revealed last night that armed police raided the headquarters of a South Island gang in connection with the death.

Investigators were searching Mongols MC’s property near Burnham on State Highway 1 south of Christchurch.

Late yesterday morning, several officers were seen outside the emergency department at Christchurch Hospital on Riccarton Ave.

They were supervising a white Mercedes car without license plates.

Members of the public passed by the car as a tow truck pulled the vehicle away.

Police confirmed that Wayman had been thrown to the hospital with serious injuries and later died.

“This is a tragic event and our thoughts are with Mr. Wayman’s family,” police said today.

Examinations of the scene were still ongoing, police said, and would continue in the coming days.

The authorities urged all those who have not yet submitted information that could help with their investigation to do so immediately.

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