Man jailed for 15-hour hostage standoff in Nelson

Tuesday 8 July 2025 · 5 outlets · 4 reports · updated Tue 8 Jul 2025, 8:03pm

Phillip Clinton Mant, 56, has been sentenced in the Nelson District Court following a 15-hour standoff last August. Mant held a woman and her father at gunpoint due to grievances with a court ruling, which caused several local schools and a hospital to go into lockdown.

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1. NZ HeraldTue 8 Jul 2025, 6:16pm

   Nelson standoff: Phillip Mant jailed for 5 years over hostage and bomb threat (opens in new tab)

2. Stuff via RNZTue 8 Jul 2025, 6:45pm

   Phillip Mant jailed for holding woman hostage at gunpoint for 15 hours (opens in new tab)

   Also on RNZ (opens in new tab)

3. 1News via RNZTue 8 Jul 2025, 7:06pm

   Man jailed for holding Nelson woman at gunpoint for 15 hours (opens in new tab)

4. Otago Daily TimesTue 8 Jul 2025, 8:03pm

   Hostage victim 'lives in fear' despite jail term (opens in new tab)