24 Jul 2023

Criminal lawyer defends sentencing of gunman

From Morning Report, 6:12 am on 24 July 2023

A criminal lawyer is defending the sentencing of the man who killed two people at a construction site last week.

The gunman, Matu Reid, had been on a five-month home detention sentence for domestic violence, with an exception to go to his construction job in Auckland's CBD.

Last Thursday he took a shotgun to work, killing two people and injuring eight others.

Criminal law barrister John Munro spoke to Corin Dann.