News Source: Wellington Dominion
| 2 months ago
When Clayton Weatherston murdered Sophie Elliott on his birthday last year, everything changed for a mother, a community and a loving circle of friends...She had been murdered by a former boyfriend four days before. Miss Elliott's body was prepared...
News Source: Scoop
| 2 months ago
Trust Spokesman Garth McVicar said when Lesley and Gil Elliott should be enjoying their Grandchildren they will be doing battle with the Parole Board to keep Sophie’s killer behind bars. “Weatherston gets a credit for the time already served...
News Source: Xtra News
| 2 months ago
Women's Refuge is applauding the sentence received by Clayton Weatherston. The 33-year-old will spend at least 18 years behind bars for murdering his former girlfriend Sophie Elliott in January last year. Women's Refuge chief executive Heather Henare...
News Source: Wellington Dominion
| 2 months ago
Three men, broken by the impact of one of the "very worst murders" New Zealand has seen, have bared their emotions in court. In the High Court in Christchurch yesterday, Clayton Weatherston, 33, was given a life sentence for the murder of Sophie...
News Source: NewKerala
| 2 months ago
News reports said Weatherston became the focus of public outrage during his month-long trial in July when he showed no remorse and boasted of his academic achievements while claiming his former student and girlfriend had provoked him into the attack.
News Source: Xtra News
| 2 months ago
Sophie Elliott's family says Clayton Weatherston's expression of remorse is nonsense. The 33-year-old has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 18 years for the murder of his former girlfriend. He stabbed Ms Elliott...