Popular Glen Eden identity Andre Wickliffe, who is alleged to have died after intervening in an altercation between two women last month. Photo / Supplied
A West Auckland woman accused of causing the death of a well-known local who tried to intervene in a fight can now be named.
Interim suppression lapsed today for Pauline Cullen as she appeared in the High Court at Auckland for the first time since she was charged.
The 28-year-old
Glen Eden resident was initially charged with common assault following a September 24 incident along Captain Scott Rd at Glenmall in which a witness said Andre Wickliffe, 65, tried to play peacemaker as two women were fighting.
The charge was upgraded to manslaughter and transferred from Waitakere District Court to the High Court after Wickliffe’s death in hospital about two weeks later.
A nearby dairy employee described Wickliffe, who had previously lived out of his car in the area before securing a state house, as having been “quite famous in Glen Eden” for several decades. He described the man as “really nice” and “generous”, with many friends in the area.
