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Murder trial told of engagement ring purchase
Two months after the death of her husband, Helen Elizabeth Milner was recorded as buying an engagement ring for $2299 at a Christchurch jewellery store, the fourth day of her murder trial has been told.
Alleged victim noted as anxious and ‘terrified’ during hospital visits
[Updated report] Alleged murder victim Phillip James Nisbet appeared anxious and “terrified that he was incredibly unwell” doctors noted when he was taken to Christchurch Hospital on the day his wife is accused of attempting to murder him by poison.
Murder trial hears of psychic’s ‘message’
A message from a psychic medium figured in the third afternoon’s evidence at the murder trial of Helen Elizabeth Milner in the High Court at Christchurch.
Murder accused was nicknamed ‘The Black Widow’
Workmates nicknamed Helen Elizabeth Milner “The Black Widow” after she asked about access to rat poison, the third day of her murder trial was told in the High Court at Christchurch.
Officer tells of murder accused getting ‘suicide’ text
A police officer said Helen Elizabeth Milner was hysterical after turning on her cellphone and received a suicide note text message from her husband who had been found dead in his bed.
Workmates treated poison comments as a joke, trial told
[Updated report of evidence from Day 2] Work colleagues treated rat poison comments by Helen Elizabeth Milner as a joke, the jury was told at her trial on charges of attempting to murder and murdering her 47-year-old husband.
Woman drugged and suffocated husband, Crown claims
[Updated report] The Crown alleges a 50-year-old woman was caught out by the web of lies she told when she drugged and probably suffocated her husband and claimed he had committed suicide.
Neighbour accused of burglary claims she was ‘set up’
A woman accused of burgling a neighbour’s cottage had the property taken from the cottage hidden around her house, Crown prosecutor Karyn South told a jury in the Christchurch District Court.
Predator says text to victim was ‘accidental’
On-line sex predator Cameron Stuart Hore has ended up back in prison for three months for what he claims was an “accidental” text message to an earlier victim.
Fines for census defaulters
Fourteen people have been prosecuted for failing to fill in or mutilating their 2013 Census forms.
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