Cricket bat killing: Aleisha Dawson, accessory to murder paroled
19 May, 2021 08:08 PM
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Aleisha Cherie Dawson admitted being an accessory to the savage killing of Brent Andrew Bacon, 45. Photo / ODT
Aleisha Cherie Dawson admitted being an accessory to the savage killing of Brent Andrew Bacon, 45. Photo / ODT
Otago Daily Times
Three days after her husband was jailed for life for beating a friend to death with a cricket bat, the woman who helped him dump the body was released.
Nearly 18 months before 39-year-old John Collins was found guilty of the murder of Brent Andrew Bacon, 45, Aleisha Cherie Dawson admitted being an accessory to the savage killing.
Dunedin supermarket stabbing victim discharged, three still in hospital
14 May, 2021 08:00 PM
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Julie Woods, planned to drop off 60 home-made truffles to Countdown Dunedin Central staff today following Monday s stabbing. Video / ODT
Julie Woods, planned to drop off 60 home-made truffles to Countdown Dunedin Central staff today following Monday s stabbing. Video / ODT
Otago Daily Times
By: Wyatt Ryder
One of the victims of the supermarket stabbing has been discharged from hospital as three others continue their recovery.
The Otago Daily Times understands the person released from hospital is a female Countdown staff member.
A Southern District Health Board spokeswoman said the other victims believed to be the supermarket store manager, a Corrections staff member and his wife were now in the general ward and progressing well .
Brutal cricket bat murderer avoids life without parole
7 May, 2021 12:09 AM
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John Kenneth Collins. Photo / Otago Daily Times
Otago Daily Times
By: Rob Kidd
A man who beat his friend to death with a cricket bat and dumped his body out of town has avoided a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
The murder of 45-year-old Brent Andrew Bacon on February 4, 2019, represented John Kenneth Collins second strike under the three-strikes legislation (his first came for indecent assault in 2016) but Justice Jan-Marie Doogue, before the High Court at Dunedin today, ruled a whole-of-life term would be grossly disproportionate.
The 39-year-old was jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years.
Dunedin cricket bat killing: Brutal murder of friend brings life in prison
7 May, 2021 07:58 PM
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Mr Bacon’s sister his only sibling Lia Bezett spoke of the pain of her loss. Video / ODT
Mr Bacon’s sister his only sibling Lia Bezett spoke of the pain of her loss. Video / ODT
Otago Daily Times
By: Rob Kidd
A life sentence for the man who beat her brother to death with a cricket bat will never heal his family s wounds, his sister says.
The murder of 45-year-old Brent Andrew Bacon on February 4, 2019, represented John Kenneth Collins second strike under the three-strikes legislation (his first came for indecent assault in 2016).
Murderer doctor Venod Skantha: Corrections not told of lost appeal before his sudden death
15 Apr, 2021 05:58 PM
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The former doctor convicted of murdering a Dunedin teenager has died in prison. Video / NZ Herald
The former doctor convicted of murdering a Dunedin teenager has died in prison. Video / NZ Herald
Otago Daily Times
By: Daisy Hudson
The sudden death in prison of Dunedin murderer Venod Skantha has sparked calls for an overhaul of court policy.
The former doctor, who murdered Dunedin teenager Amber-Rose Rush in 2018, died in a suspected suicide at the Otago Corrections Facility, at Milburn, on Wednesday, just hours after learning his appeal bid had been tossed out.