Name suppression has lifted on one of the men charged with the murder of 16-year-old Connor Whitehead in a shooting in Casebrook in November.
Daniel Nelson Sparks, a 43-year-old solo father, did not seek continuation of the interim suppression order that had been granted at earlier appearances in the Christchurch District Court and the High Court.
He faces a charge of murdering the teenager in the Guy Fawkes Night shooting incident, and has pleaded not guilty. The trial for all five people charged with murder or being an accessory after the fact, has been set for May 8, 2023.