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A conviction's been overturned for a former Napier City councillor found guilty of drowning his wife in a Canadian lake ...and he may go to trial for a third time

A conviction's been overturned for a former Napier City councillor found guilty of drowning his wife in a Canadian lake ...and he may go to trial for a third time

30 September 2020

Kiwi Peter Beckett was found guilty of killing Laura Letts-Beckett in a second trial in 2017 - after a hung jury in the first.

Canadian news website, Castanet, is reporting the British Colombia Court of Appeal found mistakes by the presiding justice and Crown prosecutors in the second trial.

The elementary school teacher died more than 10 years ago while the couple were fishing in small inflatable boat, northeast of Vancouver.

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16 Sep: An importer has been hit with a 140-thousand dollar fine after selling small toy cars, that young children could choke on

16 Sep: A sworn police officer is on trial in Christchurch - accused of stealing money handed in to the station by members of the public, and falsifying paperwork to cover her tracks

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A 34-year-old man's facing a raft of charges after two incidents in the Far North where he allegedly threatened people with a gun 17:27

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Law and Order:
An Auckland serial rapist has been cleared of a kidnapping almost 20 years later after an investigation by the Criminal Cases Review Commission 16:57

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Julianne Moore has credited the longevity of her marriage to Bart Freundlich to them simply enjoying one another's company 16:31

Law and Order:
A court's been told the man who lit the deadly Loafers Lodge hostel fire in Wellington, changed his story while considering his plea 16:17

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