They were also found guilty of participating in an organised criminal group and wounding Wilkinson s friend Kyle Rowe with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. The jury also found Moananui guilty of kidnapping Wilkinson and Rowe by taking them from Ashhurst to Wilkinson the night they were attacked. But the jury were hung on all charges against Dean Arthur Jennings and Jason David Signal, as well as the kidnapping charges against the Su’a brothers. Majority verdicts were required for all the guilty verdicts. Justice Helen Cull ordered a retrial on the hung charges.
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Police at the Bunnythorpe property where Codi Wilkinson s body was found in September 2019.
The spokeswoman said officers were armed as a precaution, and inquiries were ongoing. Numbered evidence markers were scattered around the front and rear of the property, and pot plants were sat on a sheet of plastic at the front of the house.
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The property has been cordoned off since Tuesday. A blue gazebo was erected at the front of house which was cordoned off by emergency tape. The house is owned by Kāinga Ora. The government agency would not comment on an active police investigation. Police were also investigating reports of a single gunshot fired at an Upham Terrace house at 6.25am on Tuesday.
Emergency department clinical director David Prisk says alcohol-related harm is a significant problem. Clinical director for Palmerston North Hospital s emergency department, David Prisk, said intoxicated patients placed a huge strain on ED. “It’s a significant problem in society and I think that it’s a significant problem in the emergency department, particularly in the weekend. “We recognise the witching hour is sort of 3am, it’s not midnight. Sometimes that s related to alcohol, sometimes it’s not.” Hospital resources and staff were affected, with abuse from intoxicated patients, physical and verbal, becoming normalised for staff, he said. “It’s accepted. We do a very poor job of documenting that or reporting any of that because it’s just so common place.