Officer who accidentally shot man during AOS callout wants name kept secret

Stuff article as seen below;

A police officer who accidentally shooting a man during an armed offenders squad arrest has appealed a decision that would see him identified.

The Hawke’s Bay AOS member shot the man in the back of his shoulder as he lay handcuffed on the ground outside his Hastings home on August 16, 2013.

He was acquitted on a charge of careless use of a firearm following a four day trial in Napier District Court that ended Thursday.

Blanket suppressions applied to the case until the trial had been completed.

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At trial’s end Judge David Ongley ruled that the principle of open justice should prevail and that nearly all details of the case and the officer’s identity should no longer be subject to suppression orders.

But the officer’s lawyer Jonathan Krebs said he may appeal the ruling related to name suppression and he asked that it continue until 4pm Friday to allow him time to file an appeal.

The court confirmed on Friday that an appeal had been filed and the matter would be heard in the High Court at Napier at a date yet to be set.