Elderly man pleads guilty to attempted murder of wife after a failed act of compassion
13 May, 2021 11:50 PM
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Roy Morton, 82, pleaded guilty in the High Court at Hamilton.. Photo / RNZ
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An elderly man has been sentenced four-and-a-half months home detention for the attempted murder of his wife in a suicide pact.
Matamata man Roy Morton, 82, pleaded guilty in the High Court at Hamilton.
He attempted to kill his wife and himself on two occasions after she suffered a debilitating stroke in October last year.
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He described Morton s actions as planned and pre-meditated and that Morton was vulnerable to exploitation.
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Betty-Jo Anderson-Humphrey said she yelled “grab him” so she could get a custody agreement signed, and didn’t know her niece had a knife. The jury didn t agree.
Betty-Jo Anderson-Humphrey yelled “stab him” down the driveway, urging her niece to land a blow that proved fatal on her recent ex-partner. That’s what jurors decided after hours of deliberating on events in a driveway in Hamilton on December 1, 2019. The jurors retired early Thursday afternoon and came back late Friday morning with a unanimous verdict: Anderson-Humphrey, 23, was guilty of the manslaughter of Johnny Junior Bennett. Bennett, 27, died about a week after he was stabbed in Lilac Street, Melville, and the niece who stabbed him, 21-year-old Selassie-I Iraia, is serving time for manslaughter.
Matamata Christmas murder: Man pleads guilty to murdering partner, injuring their baby
6 May, 2021 11:45 PM
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Paraki Edwards beat his partner to death, and injured his baby at the same time.
A man has admitted the brutal murder of his partner and seriously injuring their baby after an incident in Matamata more than two years ago.
Paraki Edwards today admitted the murder of Michelle Kayla Hurinui and causing grievous bodily harm with reckless disregard to their then 1-year-old baby boy on Christmas Eve, 2018.
Edwards was due to stand trial in July last year but the matter had been delayed.
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William Emery pushed her out of the car and drove away after an argument in September 2020, but then he turned back.
William Emery drove his car at the partner he’d just argued with, pinning her to a wire fence four times. He revved the engine to frighten her, saying “get in the vehicle, or I will run you over”. His partner suffered broken fingernails, a court decision says, and the pair are no longer together. On the day of the offending, 18 September 2020, he pushed her out of the vehicle before driving away, but turned back and “pushed her into the fence with the car four times”.
Hamilton murder: Accused, 18, remanded for psychiatric assessment
29 Apr, 2021 01:19 AM
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The Waikato man was remanded in custody for further psychiatric reports to be completed. Photo / Belinda Feek
The Waikato man was remanded in custody for further psychiatric reports to be completed. Photo / Belinda Feek
An 18-year-old charged with the murder of a man in Hamilton has been remanded in custody for psychiatric assessment.
The Waikato man was granted interim name suppression when he appeared in the Hamilton District Court today.
A 43-year-old man died at a property in Aileen Pl, Nawton, yesterday.
The accused, who appeared calm and relaxed in the dock, was arrested at a Cambridge property.