By PAUL YANDALL
Police have begun re-interviewing "people of interest" in the Harry Gough murder case, but still have no strong suspect or clear motive.
It is now more than two weeks since the 78-year-old pensioner was discovered dead in his Daventry St home in Waterview.
Hedley Ernest Malcolm Gough, better known as Harry Gough, was found with stab wounds and head injuries in the lounge of his state home on Sunday, June 3.
Police believe the one-legged pensioner was attacked late the previous night or early on Sunday.
Autopsy results revealed that he died from head wounds.
His nose and jaw were broken in the attack.
The head of Operation Daventry, Detective Inspector Kevin Baker, said police were now going back to people they had already interviewed, to confirm their movements on the night of the attack.
"We have a lot of people we regard as people of interest.
"They are people that we have interviewed already and we feel we must talk to them again at this stage."
He said Mr Gough had a number of associates with "colourful pasts" that police had already spoken to, or were seeking.
There were dozens of these people.
A wider neighbourhood canvass, which is expected to end this week, had given police possible leads, he said.
"It is bringing up individuals in the area that we feel we must talk to for one reason or another," he said, although he would not reveal what those reasons were.
Police have completed their forensic examination of Mr Gough's home, and will hand the State house back to Housing New Zealand today.
Mr Baker said forensic test results from the property and Mr Gough's four cars, one of which was found 50m down the road after a failed attempt to hotwire it on the night of his death, might take weeks to arrive.
Mr Gough's body is still in the custody of the Auckland coroner.
It is expected to be released to relatives soon.
Police doing second round on Waterview murder
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