http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...s-like-fiction
"Police have abandoned their efforts to prosecute a man in absentia after he fled the country by yacht six weeks before his child sex charges trial.
Aucklander Christopher Michael David Peppiatt sparked an international mystery after his unmanned yacht was found drifting off the Cook Islands in January.
Peppiatt, 62, had sailed unannounced into the Cooks days earlier, claiming he had lost his passport overboard, and needed medical attention for a heart problem. He then made mayday calls after sailing off again, but when authorities arrived, Peppiatt had disappeared. The yacht's dinghy and life raft were still on board.
Authorities are unsure if Peppiatt faked his own death or had a heart attack and fell overboard.
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Peppiatt was a campaigner against Child Youth and Family and ACC, particularly its motorcycle policy. His Auckland flat is empty, the phone disconnected."
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php/18405-dpex
He loaned me his wet weather gear for an endurance race in the rain. I guess he can't be all bad.
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