Members of a Te Atiawa hapu have stood up in a Taranaki court room to pour scorn on a former police senior sergeant who stole almost a half a million dollars from his own relatives.
Many were in tears has they berated Shaun Joseph Keenan for not admitting to his offending earlier - kanohi ki te kanohi, or face to face - before he had his day in court.
RNZ's Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.
