Emma Agnew murder-accused Liam James Reid said today that scientific evidence against him must arise from accidental transference, contamination, or from being planted. He repeated at his High Court trial today, on his second day in the witness box, that...
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Summing up has begun in the Liam Reid murder trial, with the Crown insisting there is plenty of circumstantial evidence to prove the guilt of Liam Reid. Reid, 36, has denied raping and killing 20-year-old Emma Agnew last November and raping...
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And girls who dabble in drugs and alcohol early on are more likely to become pregnant before they are 21, added the study, published in the October issue of Psychological Science , which followed 1037 children from the age of...
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Bain retrial is scheduled for next year, although no date has been set. He was convicted of the 1994 murders of five members of his family and was imprisoned until his release following the Privy Council decision last year. This...
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The sister and mother of slain Balclutha teenager Michael Hutchings say no jail sentences for those involved in his killing would be enough. "I don't think anything was going to be enough," a still visibly shaken Lyn Hutchings, Mr Hutchings'...
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She says they have been ready for the third test since the second test finished and they want to make the most of the opportunity on Saturday. Langman says the main area they must address is their decision-making as it...
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Auckland [ change ] Few showers Max 19° Min 13° Scientist describes DNA link to Reid October 23, 2008, 4:35 pm Tests have revealed a rape victim's blood on Liam Reid's shoe, his DNA under her fingernail, and on the...
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Children who spend less time sleeping are more likely to be obese as adults, a study has found. Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study at the University of Otago followed more than 1000 children born in Dunedin between 1972 and...
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Leon MacDonald still does not know what his rugby-playing future holds, four months after suffering a career-threatening concussion while playing for the All Blacks against South Africa. Speaking exclusively to The Marlborough Express yesterday, the former Marlborough Red Devil admitted...
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Along with business associate Kerry Harford, he is accused of using false invoices to defraud the DHB of nearly $17 million. The Crown alleges the pair used two companies, Sonnford Solutions Limited and Computer South Limited, to invoice the money...
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