Police block Scott Guy reward offer

Police investigating the murder of Feilding farmer Scott Guy have blocked the offer of a reward by the family of murdered schoolteacher Lois Dear.

Dear's son Kevin McNeil said police told him they didn't want the emergence of a "culture" where people would only come forward with evidence if they were going to be paid, the Fairfax Media reported.

Lois Dear was bashed to death in Tokoroa, south Waikato in July 2006. Whetu Te Hiko was later sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 18 years for her murder.

Mr Guy, 31, was shot dead in the driveway of his Aorangi Rd, Feilding, home as he went to milk the cows in the early morning of July 8.

Inquiry head Detective Inspector Sue Schwalger said last week there had been a number of offers made during the course of the investigation.

"Any offer of a reward needs to be carefully considered so that the investigation is not hampered by misleading information that may take us away from the real focus of this investigation - and that is the successful investigation and prosecution of the person or people responsible for the killing of Scott Guy," she said.

Mr Guy's wife, Kylee, pregnant with her second child, has pleaded for his killer to come forward, saying knowing he was still at large made her husband's death even harder to cope with.

- NZPA