Codi Wilkinson News Today

Jason Signal wasn't a gang member but was convicted for his part in the killing.

A fourth man has been given prison time for his role in the death of a fellow gang member.  Dean Jennings was sentenced to three years in prison today for

Carter only joined the firm in 2019, spending the eight previous years doing civil litigation at Russell McVeagh​ and as an associate at Christchurch firm Wynn Williams​, where he won the 2015 National Law Foundation national young lawyers mooting competition. Davies said the offer to become a partner was made with a chance to take more of a leadership role at the firm. Having mentored multiple junior lawyers during her time with the firm, being made partner was a public recognition of t...

Wilkinson was found two weeks after going missing with wounds likely made by a machete. Moananui represented himself at trial with the help of an amicus curiae, a court-appointed lawyer. He made various legal challenges against the case, including one after he was convicted following the jury trial. The final challenge was an application for a judicial review, which Moananui intended to serve on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern​, Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy​, Attorney-General David P...

Supplied Codi Wilkinson was left for dead after senior Mongrel Mob members attacked him for stealing from a drug dealer. As Justice Helen Cull addressed the Su’a brothers and Moananui she acknowledged their upbringings as factors in their offending. To Moananui, Cull accepted that he, like the others, had gravitated towards gang life to find community. “It is clear that like your co-offenders you were drawn into the gang life for the support it provided to you in the face of a dysfunct...

Two men previously accused of murdering Codi Wilkinson now face manslaughter charge, while ringleaders have kidnapping charges dropped.

They were also found guilty of participating in an organised criminal group and wounding Wilkinsons 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...

Wilkinson and Rowe were allegedly assaulted in Ashhurst in September 2019 before being taken to Bunnythorpe, where Wilkinson’s body was found about two weeks later. The Crown says the defendants attacked the duo with weapons while kicking them out of the Mongrel Mob, taking them to Bunnythorpe to present them to a drug dealer they robbed. The number of defendants and charges mean the jury has to come up with at least 25 different verdicts. That number would get even longer if they find de...

Lithgow, representing Jennings, told the jury the Crown’s case was “a bit of a jigsaw”. “It is the jigsaw you would buy at a charity shop. You know what it is meant to look like, but a lot of bits are missing.” SUPPLIED Codi Wilkinson’s body was found in Bunnythorpe in September 2019. While all the other defendants deny they were involved in any attack on Wilkinson and Rowe or in kicking them out of the Mongrel Mob, Lithgow said the pair were being kicked out of the gang. There ...

They were attacked in Ashhurst and taken to Bunnythorpe, where the dealer lived and where Wilkinson was found dead two weeks after going missing. The trial in the High Court at Palmerston North is nearly over, with lawyers for Signal and Mariota Su’a giving closing addresses on Thursday. Signal’s lawyer, Charl Hirschfeld,​ said the Crown had painted Signal as the right-hand man of Mongrel Mob president Jeremiah Sua. It was not denied that the pair were working on a business venture u...