Tarrant was remanded in custody to appear in the High Court on April 5
Christchurch (Pakistan Point News – 18th March, 2019) Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the accused in Christchurch mosque attack, has refused to take the services of his lawyer.
Tarrant dropped his lawyer and plans to represent himself in the court.
The duty lawyer who represented Tarrant also confirmed that he was no longer represting him.
Richard Peters said Tarrant appeared to be lucid and was not mentally unstable, other than the extreme views that he held.
Peters said that his job representing Tarrant ceased on Saturday and that the accused gunman had told him he wanted to represent himself in future.
Tarrant is facing one charge of murder. He was remanded in custody to appear in the High Court on April 5, and did not apply for bail or name suppression.
New Zealand was rocked by the violent shooting in two mosques in eastern city of Christchurch, which left 50 people killed and dozens injured. New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called the shooting a terrorist act, saying it was the country's "darkest day."
The suspected shooter Brenton Tarrant is a 28-year-old Australian national and a Dunedin resident. Tarrant had anti-Muslim and anti-migrant views and also expressed admiration for Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik.
