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A police officer at the scene on Thursday morning. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery <\/p>\nA neighbour understands there was an “altercation” before a man was found dead in a South Dunedin\u00a0street on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Cordons are in place in Leckhampton Court, off South Rd, and police are at the scene of what they are calling an unexplained death.<\/p>\n
A Leckhampton Court resident said police had spoken to him about whether he had seen anything between 10.30 and 11pm yesterday.<\/p>\n
“They said there was an altercation on the street, and if we heard or saw anything, we have to tell them,” he said.<\/p>\n
“They want to know about that suspicious activity, if anyone saw it.”<\/p>\n
“[They said] they don’t know who it was yet, and that it was suspicious.”<\/p>\n
Officers took CCTV footage from the resident’s home.<\/p>\n
The man said he heard sirens and when he looked outside he saw ambulance staff performing CPR on a man in the street.<\/p>\n
“It was intense,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It was scary for the person, you know, I wasn’t thinking about myself.”<\/p>\n
Inspector Porima Rangitutia said emergency services were called about 11pm on Wednesday to Leckhampton Court, where a man was located unresponsive.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite efforts to revive the man, he was pronounced deceased a short time later.\u201d<\/p>\n
Insp Rangitutia said a guard was in place, and a scene examination would be carried out later today.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeckhampton Court is currently closed between South Road and St Helliers Court, and is expected to remain closed for most of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n
A police officer at the scene on Thursday morning. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery <\/p>\n
Another\u00a0resident said she did not realise anything was going on until she saw flashing police lights through her curtains about 11pm.<\/p>\n
There were no sirens or other loud noises before she noticed the lights, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn’t hear anything, and I normally hear everything,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s quite bizarre.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked outside and saw police were cordoning off an area.<\/p>\n
About 40 minutes later, the police knocked on her door and asked if she had any CCTV footage of the area, which she did not.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey just said that they’d found a male deceased on the road,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Leckhampton Court was usually a pretty quiet place, she said, apart from a few boarding houses and occasionally some drivers in the area were \u201ca bit ruthless\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere’s a couple of boarding houses across the road, kind of near where that’s happened, that can get a bit rowdy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wonder if it’s got something to do with one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut pretty quiet other than that.\u201d<\/p>\n
In October 2016, a man was stabbed in the neck at a Leckhampton Court boarding house.<\/p>\n
The Otago Daily Times spoke to multiple other residents in the area, all of whom said they did not hear any sirens or police approach while they slept.<\/p>\n
Another resident said she was quite concerned she would not be able to walk down the road, and instead would have to walk up a hill.<\/p>\n
One man said there was a body in the middle of the road, and police were investigating.<\/p>\n
Police were appealing for anybody with information to contact them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re interested in any unusual or suspicious activity on Leckhampton Court between 10:30pm and 11pm yesterday evening.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyone with relevant dashcam or CCTV footage was asked to contact police via 105, referencing file number 261001\/3548.<\/p>\n
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