Dunedin man jailed for threatening to throw flatmate off cliff

Dunedin man jailed for threatening to throw flatmate off cliff
10 Mar, 2021 06:35 PM
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Daniel Prattley. Photo / Rob Kidd
Otago Daily Times
A Dunedin man sparked a cliff-top standoff with police, threatening to throw his flatmate over the edge, a court has heard.
Daniel Paul Prattley — who turned 42 yesterday — appeared in the Dunedin District Court after pleading guilty to threatening to kill.
On the evening of November 11, the defendant was communicating with his support worker went he sent the chilling text message: "Ring the cops, I got [my flatmate], Lawyers Head I kill him soon."
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"If they rark me up my flatmate will cop it," the defendant said.

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