7 Sep 2013

Man in court charged with park killing

11:00 am on 7 September 2013

A man appeared in Auckland District Court on Saturday charged with murdering a homeless man in a central city park.

Steven Harris, 54, died in hospital from stab wounds after an attack in Myer's Park at about 11.30pm on Wednesday.

A man who handed himself in to police on Friday, was granted interim name suppression and remanded in custody until Wednesday, when he will appear before the High Court in Auckland.