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Jay Christopher Lingman was found guilty in 2021 of murdering Denver Chance.

An Auckland man has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 years behind bars for the murder of a man who's body was cut up and found in a freezer

NZ POLICE Denver Chance was last seen by his friends on February 24, 2019. On Wednesday, pathologist Dr Charles Glenn said Chance’s body arrived at his facility still in the freezer. Chance’s skin was frozen to the sides of the freezer, so he had to be left in it for a day to thaw out. Once his body was removed, his body was still frozen - taking several more days to thaw completely. Photos of Chance’s body were taken on each day of the thawing process as it could cause differences to...

He has already pleaded guilty to three charges relating to possession of Class A, B and C drugs, including cocaine and MDMA, for supply or sale. On Thursday morning, police officers who played a part in Lingman’s arrest outside a bar in Mt Eden on March 10, 2019 took the stand. Detective Sergeant Michael Frost and Detective Constable Beth Bates told the court Lingman was read his rights multiple times. Bates said she was seated in the back of the patrol car with Lingman while he was dri...

A detective has recounted the illicit drugs found on the property where Auckland man Denver Chance's body was found in a chest freezer in 2019.

"I've never seen him threaten anybody ever": Court hears.

He has already pleaded guilty to three charges relating to possession of Class A, B and C drugs, including cocaine and MDMA, for supply or sale. On Friday afternoon, Ivanha Heynes took the stand, saying she was first messaged by Lingman on Seeking Arrangement – a website for sugar babies and sugar daddies – on the morning of February 24, 2019. NZ POLICE The pair communicated regularly on the site before moving to talk via WhatsApp. They then met for the first time for lunch at Euro Bar ...

Supplied Denver Chance was last seen on February 24, 2019 before being reported missing. On Thursday, police experts told jurors how Google location history tracked Lingman’s phone to the Linwood Rd area in Kingseat, and how he was captured on CCTV travelling there on the day Chance was last seen alive. Police technical specialist Kerry Baker told the court a backup of Chance’s iPhone was found on his MacBook at the Mairangi Bay property he was living at while he was still considered a mi...

Man accused of murdering Denver Chance took his young son out for dinner after the killing, Crown tells jury at Auckland High Court.

Denver Chance murder trial: Worries after awesome flatmate went off the grid 10 Mar, 2021 04:50 AM 4 minutes to read Jay Christopher Lingman has pleaded not guilty to murdering Denver Chance. File photo / RNZ An alleged cocaine importer in suburbia kept his illicit life secret and was a near-perfect flatmate, murder trial jurors heard today. Gregory Flannagan knew about Denver Chances healthy eating, creative writing and poetry interests. Auckland man Denver Chance died in 2019. Photo / Supplie...