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

Jay Lingman has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 15 years and two months.

Jay Lingman claimed he was acting in self defence.

The mother of a man shot in the head three times has told his killer her world has fallen apart since her son's death.

Skyline searched extensively, ballistic investigation used lasers in quest for truth.

Blood on chainsaw likely Denver Chances - DNA expert Jean Bell © RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly A DNA testing expert says blood found on a chainsaw blade is highly likely to belong to Auckland man Denver Chance. Jay Lingman, 41, is on trial in the High Court at Auckland charged with Chances murder in 2019. Lingman has pleaded not guilty to murder, but has pleaded guilty to three charges of possession of drugs for supply. The Crown argued Jay Lingman shot Denver Chance three tim...

Denver Chance murder trial: Blood found on Ruger rifle suppressor, but telescopic sight no use for close-range firing, court told 16 Mar, 2021 11:40 PM 4 minutes to read The Crown alleged this Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic firearm was used to kill Denver Chance. Photo / John Weekes Investigators used laser beams to determine likely bullet trajectories at murder-accused Jay Lingmans house after Auckland man Denver Chance was killed. Jurors today were shown the Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic firearm whi...

Warning: Details in the story may be distressing for some readers. The detective who discovered Auckland man Denver Chances body in a chest freezer says his gut feeling told him what he would find. The Kingseat property where Auckland man Denver Chances body was found. Photo: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly The man accused of Chances 2019 murder, Jay Lingman, is on trial in the High Court at Auckland. He denies murdering Chance by fatally shooting him but has pleaded guilty to three charges of p...

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.

Supplied Denver Chance’s body was found by the police in a chest freezer on the property of Jay Lingman. Lingman’s lawyers say their client acted in self-defence. They say both men were drug dealers and that Chance had turned up to Lingman’s house with a gun. “It was shoot or be shot,” defence lawyer Stephen Lack said in his opening statement. Detective Senior Sergeant Timothy Williams was door-knocking houses in Kingseat, asking residents if they knew anything of the disappearance...