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    A Christchurch woman isolating with Covid was battered to death with a hockey stick by her boarder and sometime lover - after she gave him notice to leave

    A Christchurch woman isolating with Covid was battered to death with a hockey stick by her boarder and sometime lover - after she gave him notice to leave


    64-year-old Valerie Heaney was found dead in the hallway of her Bromley home in April.

    Today, 43-year-old Elliot Ajay Prakash has pleaded guilty to murder.

    Police originally treated Heaney's death as "unexplained" but launched a homicide inquiry after an autopsy.

    Prakash will be sentenced on September 9.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Hockey News
     08 Sep: The Black Sticks women have claimed their place at next year's World Cup, much to the financial relief of their governing body
     06 Sep: The Black Sticks women are looking to create more goalscoring chances in this afternoon's second Oceania Cup hockey fixture against Australia in Darwin
     05 Sep: The New Zealand women have opened their Oceania Cup hockey campaign against Australia with a 1-nil win in Darwin, thanks to an Olivia Shannon strike - the men lost 2-nil to the Kookaburras
     23 Jul: A heads down and get on with it approach from the Black Sticks men after not being able to claim the spot they earned in hockey's global Pro League
     20 Jun: New Zealand Hockey's decision about whether to compete in next season's Pro League may be taken out of their hands
     20 Jun: The Black Sticks men's hockey team have one particular opponent in their sights at tomorrow morning's Nations Cup semi-final in Malaysia
     20 Jun: The Black Sticks men are pushing Pro League qualification out of their minds at hockey's Nations Cup in Malaysia
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