NZ police release name over Mosgiel incident

Police can now confirm the name of the man who died following an incident at a Mosgiel property on Sunday 9 June.

He was 87-year-old Vincent Roy Pennington of Mosgiel.

Emergency Services attended after smoke was seen coming from the roof of a house on Braemar Street, Mosgiel, around 8:40am.

The death has been referred to the Coroner.

Our thoughts are with My Pennington’s friends and family at this difficult time.

/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.