’Copter shot at
A man was arrested yesterday in connection with an incident in which an Opotiki deer shooter, Roger Unsworth, was shot in the buttocks while hunting from a helicopter. The police said a man on a trail bike fired a shot at the helicopter as it flew over the Wharekopae area
towards Matawai, about 80km from Gisborne. The shot struck Mr Unsworth’s helicopter seat and he was hit by bullet fragments. The pilot, Mr John Bellerby, also of Opotiki, landed the helicopter, which suffered only minor damage, at a nearby property.
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Press, 13 March 1985, Page 8
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