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Allegations
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A Feilding teenager
wasted 25 hours of police time when he made up a story about the murder of
Marton grandmother Mona Morriss, police say. The boy, 15, approached
police, claiming to know who killed Mrs Morriss, the head of Operation
Wellington, Detective Sergeant Tim Smith, said. "He identified a
person to us who was the killer and he had an elaborate story to go with
it." The boy was charged
with making a false statement and referred to youth aid. Mr Smith said two
officers spent more than two days investigating the boy's claims and he was
interviewed twice. Mrs Morriss, 83, was
sexually assaulted and stabbed to death in her flat last month. Mr Smith said police
had received no response to a request for sightings of her crochet bag,
indicating that the killer might have stolen it.
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