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Tom Phillips shooting in NZ shows what police face with skilled and desperate fugitives

  • Written by Ross Hendy, Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University
Tom Phillips shooting in NZ shows what police face with skilled and desperate fugitivesDJ Mills/AFP via Getty Images

New Zealand police have tonight found two children, alone at a camp site in a remote location, after their fugitive father was shot dead during a burglary early on Monday morning.

The death of Tom Phillips came after almost four years on the run, hiding out in dense bush in the North Island’s western Waikato...

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