Arps was jailed for 21 months in 2019 after sending a video of the Christchurch terror attack to 30 people and asking a friend to modify it by adding cross-hairs and a “kill count”. He was released in January 2020 but remained subject to strict conditions prohibiting him from going near any mosques in New Zealand or having contact with anyone in the Muslim community. In August, Arps’ electronic monitoring bracelet showed he was at a property next to the Linwood Islamic Centre. Police were notified and Arps was found at a nearby shop and arrested. Arps denied he had loitered close to the mosque, saying he was visiting a home brew store in a shopping centre next door.
A white supremacist has been awarded $3,000 after corrections officials wrongly accused him of breaching his bail conditions.
Philip Neville Arps, 45, was jailed for 21 months in 2019 for spreading disturbing footage of the Christchurch massacre - filmed by gunman Brenton Tarrant as he shot dead 51 people at the city s Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre.
He sent the horrific video to 30 people and callously asked a friend to alter the footage by adding a kill count and crosshairs.
Philip Neville Arps (pictured in March 2019) appeared in Christchurch District Court, where he was awarded $3000 in costs after being wrongly accused of breaching his bail conditions
Police investigate message left near mosque Anan Zaki
The police are investigating a concerning message that was chalked outside a mosque in Christchurch.
The message written on the footpath outside Masjid An-Nur in Riccarton yesterday, and was reported to the police by the Muslim Association of Canterbury.
RNZ understands the message was written while worshippers were at afternoon prayers.
Canterbury police District Commander John Price said the incident is being taken very seriously. We take any messaging that has any concern to it extremely seriously and a report has been completed and that has been assigned to an investigator, he said.
Police investigate message left near Christchurch mosque
13 Dec, 2020 01:52 AM
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Canterbury Police District Commander John Price. Photo / Eden Fusitu a / RNZ
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The police are investigating a concerning message that was chalked outside a mosque in Christchurch.
The message, written on the footpath outside Masjid An-Nur in Riccarton yesterday, was reported to the police by the Muslim Association of Canterbury.
RNZ understands the message was written while worshippers were at afternoon prayers.
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Canterbury police District Commander John Price said the incident was being taken very seriously. We take any messaging that has any concern to it extremely seriously and a report has been completed and that has been assigned to an investigator, he said.