(NZ Herald) A teenager accused of threatening to kill non-Muslims has been granted name suppression after a lawyer argued the young man had a chance of being deradicalised.
The 19-year-old Auckland man first appeared in the North Shore District Court on September 10, one week after Ahamed Samsudeen embarked on a stabbing frenzy in New Lynn.
The teenager reappeared today. He has not entered any pleas, and his electronic bail application did not proceed today.
But in a name suppression hearing, defence counsel Peter Syddall said the teenager “can’t be held in custody for ever.”
Syddall said publishing the man’s name and details of the alleged offending would damage his rehabilitation prospects.
