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A Moment In Crime: Murder in the Sounds - a most controversial case 6 May, 2021 12:00 AM 3 minutes to read Convicted murderer Scott Watson. Photo / Supplied It was the early hours of New Year's Day in 1997 when it happened. Ben Smart and Olivia Hope were among 1500 revellers at a party at Furneaux Lodge in the Marlborough Sounds in the South Island of New Zealand. The pair, who had been friends since they were young, decided to turn in and made their way to the boat where Olivia was staying over the New Year period. Furneaux Lodge. Photo / NZME But when they arrived the boat was chocka - the ...

The Coroner has heard of a surviving driver's account of the horrific scene of a Mid Canterbury crash The Coroner has heard of a surviving driver's account of the horrific scene of a Mid Canterbury crash 22 April 2021 Mother of seven Chante Harmer and her two youngest children died after colliding with another vehicle in 2019 near Ashburton. Herald reporter Anna Leask says the other driver's harrowing statement was read out in an inquest today. She says the driver was clear she did nothing wrong. Leask says she spoke of seeing Chante and one child clearly deceased, and sitting with a su...

The Coroner will continue to hear evidence of the road layout - at an intersection where a mother and two children died in mid-Canterbury The Coroner will continue to hear evidence of the road layout - at an intersection where a mother and two children died in mid-Canterbury 22 April 2021 Chante Harmer's car collided with another vehicle in 2019 near Ashburton. Herald reporter Anna Leask says the court was told today Harmer went through a Give Way intersection - which wasn't ideal for layout and safety features. She says it was a severe crash with the car ripped in half, and one child th...