The Auckland District Court allowed a patched gang member to escape custody today after he said he was a different person and left the premises.
File photo. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
Police are now looking for the man by knocking on doors and watching CCTV footage.
They called for the public's help in looking for 48-year-old William Tuitupo, who is 180 centimetres tall and of solid build with short dark hair.
He was due to appear in court at 11:30am on numerous charges, before he posed as another prisoner who was being bailed.
