20 Dec 2021

Boy, 12, charged with murder in Northland

1:49 pm on 20 December 2021

A 12-year-old boy has been charged with murder in Northland.

Police.

Police. Photo: RNZ / Alexander Robertson

The victim, Ōkaihau local Michael John Biggins, 62, was found in a car crashed into a paddock and died at the scene.

Detective senior sergeant Mark Dalzell said the child is the second person charged.

A 15-year-old has also been charged with murder over Biggins' death.