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Rowe and Wilkinson had been at Hewitt's house to collect some of Wilkinson's clothing and other items. Wilkinson was standing in her bedroom when men arrived and she told him Moananui was outside. Wilkinson told her to stay inside, and he went outside with Rowe. “He walked out and I didn't see him again,” Hewitt said. She was trying to put her 3-year-old son to bed, then she heard banging which she thought was coming from the garage. “I saw [Rowe] on the driveway on his knees with blood pouring out his head.” Murray Wilson/Stuff Five men are on trial at the High Court in Palmerst...

Although defendants usually have lawyers for charges as serious as murder, Moananui is representing himself. But lawyer Paul Surridge​, appointed by the court to help him, told the jury on Friday Moananui was too unwell to be in court. Moananui had a skin complaint that had not yet been treated. It was so serious he had been unable to sleep for three days, Surridge said. “We hope it’s not something the other people [in the dock] can catch. “He needs to catch up on sleep and get some treatment for it.” Moananui appeared to have a bad rash on his arms, legs and scalp when he wa...

Wilkinson’s body was found 15 days after he went missing. The defendants are also charged with kidnapping Rowe and Wilkinson, wounding Rowe with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and participating in an organised criminal group. Jeremiah Sua’s lawyer, Chris Tennet, ​ spent time quizzing Terry about her interactions with police. He noticed her talking to detectives outside court, wondered why it took her months to prepare a statement in 2020 and why she spent hours with police giving a statement on another occasion. Some comments in her statements were slightly different from wha...

Coronavirus outbreak puts trial of five men, accused of violently murdering man during gang depatching, on hold.