Dad still on the run

A wanted King Country dad still hasn’t been found after his no-show two weeks ago at court on a charge of wasting police time. Thomas Phillips, 34, was due to appear in the Te Kū iti District Court at 11am on January 12 on a single charge of causing wasteful deployment of police personnel and resources in relation to a largescale search for him and his three children, Jayda Jin, Maverick and Ember, in September. Failing to appear, a warrant was issued for his arrest. A police spokesperson told Stuff on Wednesday he still hadn’t been located two weeks on.