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A tent set up by police protecting the scene was visible on Sunday. On Monday, Wellington City Council spokesman Richard MacLean said council representatives had spoken to the residents in the direct vicinity of the crime scene, with a tenant drop-in office expected to be set up on site from Tuesday. Councillors were expected to receive a written briefing on Monday afternoon. Several police officers, including forensic specialists, were combing over the scene on Sunday afternoon. A long-term neighbour of the victim said there had been “lots of problems” at the flats, and that the fatal incident had come as no surprise to him.
A police forensic team arrive at the Central Park apartment complex, where a woman was found dead.
Pink chalk ovals can be seen in a stairwell foyer at a Wellington City Council-run apartment complex where a woman was found dead, as the agency embarks on an immediate review, citing the safety and wellbeing of tenants as its priority. Dressed in a grey tear-resistant gown and sporting bare feet, a 42-year-old man – granted name suppression by Justice of the Peace Allan Sainsbury on Monday morning – made a brief appearance at Hutt Valley District Court, charged with the woman’s murder on Saturday night.