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Blood on chainsaw likely Denver Chance's - DNA expert Jean Bell © RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly A DNA testing expert says blood found on a chainsaw blade is highly likely to belong to Auckland man Denver Chance. Jay Lingman, 41, is on trial in the High Court at Auckland charged with Chance's murder in 2019. Lingman has pleaded not guilty to murder, but has pleaded guilty to three charges of possession of drugs for supply. The Crown argued Jay Lingman shot Denver Chance three times in the head from behind before using a chainsaw to fit the body in a chest freezer. The defence...

Denver Chance murder trial: Blood found on Ruger rifle suppressor, but telescopic sight no use for close-range firing, court told 16 Mar, 2021 11:40 PM 4 minutes to read The Crown alleged this Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic firearm was used to kill Denver Chance. Photo / John Weekes Investigators used laser beams to determine likely bullet trajectories at murder-accused Jay Lingman's house after Auckland man Denver Chance was killed. Jurors today were shown the Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic firearm which prosecutors say Lingman used to kill Chance. Denver Chance died in 2019. Photo / Supplied Lingma...

Warning: Details in the story may be distressing for some readers. The detective who discovered Auckland man Denver Chance's body in a chest freezer says his gut feeling told him what he would find. The Kingseat property where Auckland man Denver Chance's body was found. Photo: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly The man accused of Chance's 2019 murder, Jay Lingman, is on trial in the High Court at Auckland. He denies murdering Chance by fatally shooting him but has pleaded guilty to three charges of possession of drugs for supply. The Crown argued Lingman shot Chance three times in the head befor...

A detective has recounted the illicit drugs found on the property where Auckland man Denver Chance's body was found in a chest freezer in 2019.

Supplied Denver Chance’s body was found by the police in a chest freezer on the property of Jay Lingman. Lingman’s lawyers say their client acted in self-defence. They say both men were drug dealers and that Chance had turned up to Lingman’s house with a gun. “It was shoot or be shot,” defence lawyer Stephen Lack said in his opening statement. Detective Senior Sergeant Timothy Williams was door-knocking houses in Kingseat, asking residents if they knew anything of the disappearance of Denver Chance. It was March 10, 2019 and Chance had been missing for two weeks. Williams had f...