23 Jan 2024

Third charge laid over shoplifting investigation believed to involve former MP Golriz Ghahraman

2:21 pm on 23 January 2024
Green Party member Golriz Ghahraman

Golriz Ghahraman Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver

Police have laid a third shoplifting charge against a person believed to be former MP Golriz Ghahraman.

The investigation shoplifting has been referred to by police as "subject to public interest".

Earlier this month, Ghahraman was accused of three counts of shoplifting, prompting her resignation from Parliament.

The latest charge relates alleged offending took place at a Wellington store on 22 October, 2023.

The woman is due to appear on all three charges in Auckland District Court on 1 February.