Reporter·NZ Herald·
14 Nov, 2026 04:00 PM5 mins to read
His police mates were "really impressed an old copper managed to take down an athletic young man", Senior Constable Johnny McGrail said, after he intervened in an incident at Queensgate Mall.
A veteran off-duty cop in his Army Reserves uniform has brought down an alleged machete-wielding teenage shoplifter in a mall carpark, winning plaudits from top cops and defence chiefs.
Senior Constable Johnny McGrail was leaving Specsavers while at Lower Hutt’s Queensgate Mall for an NZ
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Source: New Zealand Herald · Cherie Howie
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