15 Oct 2012

Charge laid after Hastings man dies of injuries

3:26 pm on 15 October 2012

Police have named a Hastings man who died from stomach injuries during the weekend.

Christopher Robin Jones, 22, was found at a house in King Street South house early on Saturday. He died in hospital later that morning.

A 22-year-old woman is due to appear in the Hastings District Court on Tuesday charged with assault in relation to the incident.

Police say a forensic examination of the house is likely to be completed on Monday.

They are interviewing a large number of people who were at the house at the time of the incident.