Escaper urged to surrender

AUCKLAND: ‘‘Hand yourself in. You’re not just hurting us, but you’re hurting your own family.’’

Those are the words of Kelly Donner’s former partner, who wants his killer, Haami Hanara, to give himself up to police.

In February 2019, Hanara, who had turned 15 on Christmas Day 2018, was jailed for life with a minimum nonparole period of 10 years for murdering Donner.

But on Saturday he escaped from a Youth Justice Facility in Auckland with another teenager, Sean Ratu (17).

It was not until an hour and ahalf later that staff realised the boys were missing, and after searching the perimeter, alerted police.

Jocelyn Peachey had a child with Kelly Donner in the 1990s and the couple stayed friends after they separated.

‘‘I’m gutted, shattered, my emotions are just all over the place because all my feelings are resurfacing,’’ she said.

‘‘I tried to put them to rest and try and move on in life, but then something like this happens and it just reopens all those old wounds.’’

Ms Peachey said it was time for Hanara to hand himself in, because he was hurting everyone by evading police, and it was not fair.

She wanted Hanara’s family to know that she did not blame them for his actions.

‘‘Haami was responsible for his actions and his actions alone.

‘‘I never got a chance to get that out at the time, but I just wanted them to know that.’’

Ms Peachy said she wanted answers from police and Oranga Tamariki, which said it was investigating how the teenagers managed to escape. — The New Zealand Herald