Lele He, 35, of Mt Albert died on 12 January 2022. Photo / Hayden Woodward
A man accused of a fatal stabbing on Auckland's North Shore last month can now be named.
Thirty-one-year-old Castor Bay-based carpenter Chao Chen has been in custody since January 12, after police took him into custody at the same Albany neighbourhood where they found a 35-year-old Mt Albert resident critically
wounded.
The wounded man died while being taken to hospital, authorities said at the time.
During his first court appearance, at North Shore District Court, Chen was granted interim name suppression because his own family overseas hasn't yet learned of the arrest.
This morning marked his first appearance at the High Court at Auckland. He was assisted by a Mandarin interpreter.
