Cop attack accused named, pair remanded

Bruce Mellor. Photo / Supplied

Charges against the two teenagers accused of attacking policeman Bruce Mellor with a machete near Taihape on December 11 were upgraded from assault to attempted murder when they appeared in Whanganui District Court today.

Japhet Simiona, 18, and a 14-year-old whose name cannot be published, were both further remanded in custody by Judge Peter Callinicos on the new charges and others of arson and unlawfully taking a motor vehicle.

- NZPA