A Blenheim lawyer might have to withdraw from representing a teenager who turned out to be one of the intruders fingered for burgling his home.
The lawyer represented the teenager when he appeared in court in Blenheim this week on burglary and assault charges. A police officer later told the lawyer that nine of 13 fingerprints found at his house after a burglary were from his client.
The lawyer declined to comment to The Marlborough Express on the situation.
Constable Michelle Stagg said the house was broken into between 10am and 2pm on June 4. A window had been removed from the kitchen and was found intact and hidden in the garden.
The intruders had taken jewellery, cash, a cellphone and a digital camera.
Neither the lawyer nor his client can be named for legal reasons.
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