A teenager accused of murder is on the run after disconnecting his electronic monitoring bracelet and leaving his Avondale home.
Beauen Wallace-Loretz, 17, was on electronically monitored bail while facing trial for the murder of 54-year-old Ihaia Gillman-Harris.
Police said they were notified by the security company that monitors e-bailees that he had absconded before 11pm yesterday.
Mr Gillman-Harris' family has been notified by police.
Wallace-Loretz is described as a thin Maori, about 1.64m tall, and police said he is considered dangerous and should not be approached by members of the public.
Police warned anyone who may be continuing to help Wallace-Loretz that they will face criminal charges if they harbour him.
Wallace-Loretz was jointly accused with Leonard Nattrass-Berquist, 17, of murdering Mr Gillman-Harris on December 27 at the Ascot Epsom Motel.
Nattrass-Berquist and Wallace-Loretz went to police on New Year's Eve after their names had been released to the public in relation to Mr Gillman-Harris' death.
Two days later, they were charged with murder and made a brief court appearance at Auckland District Court.
At their next appearance the following week, two further charges were laid against each of the youths.
They are also accused of robbing Mr Gillman-Harris of cash, a cell phone and bank card as well as unlawfully taking his $15,000 Range Rover.
Both pleaded not guilty to the charges on February 4.
A four-week trial has been set for November.
Both were ordered serve a 24-hour curfew with family members -- Nattrass-Berquist on the North Shore and Wallace-Loretz in West Auckland.
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