Kawakawa man's self-defence claim rejected in double stabbing case
Sunday 2 November 2025 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated In this story NZ Police, Court of Appeal
Ernest Albert, a member of the Rebels MC gang, has lost an appeal regarding a double stabbing in the Mid North. Albert stabbed a man and an elderly neighbour after being told he could not smoke methamphetamine in a friend's home. He had claimed he acted in self-defence, but a jury rejected this argument.