Tag: Ashburton
Tully jury told not to consider courtroom restraints
The Russell John Tully trial jury has been told to set aside any views about the defendant being restrained in his chair during the times when he was present in court.
Doubts in Crown case against Tully, says defence
Points in the Crown case against Russell John Tully “raise doubts and create uncertainties” about his alleged identity as the Ashburton WINZ office gunman, says the defence.
Evidence against Tully ‘overwhelming’, says Crown
The Crown says the case that the Ashburton WINZ gunman was Russell John Tully is overwhelming.
Closing addresses in Tully trial delayed by a day
The jury in the trial of Ashburton murder accused Russell John Tully has been told to retain their “good spirits” and to keep their concentration up while the closing addresses have been delayed for a day.
Tully will not call evidence in murder trial
Ashburton WINZ shooting accused Russell John Tully has elected not to give evidence or call witnesses in his defence at his trial in the High Court at Christchurch.
Tully remains in court for trial session
Double murder accused Russell John Tully has spent his longest period yet seated in court for his own trial in the High Court at Christchurch, as the Crown moved towards the end of its case.
Strong DNA link to Tully, trial told
DNA sampling from a cycle helmet left behind by the Ashburton WINZ gunman provided an “extremely strong” link to Russell John Tully, a scientist has told the seventh day of the trial in the High Court at Christchurch.
Police tell of capture of alleged gunman
Details of a police dog’s capture of the alleged WINZ gunman in a macrocarpa hedge near Ashburton have been presented in evidence in the High Court at Christchurch.
Witness tells of chasing Ashburton gunman
A WINZ client got within a metre of the Ashburton gunman as he tried to get away and rattled him so much he dropped his bicycle helmet – which has provided evidence for the High Court trial. [Updated report]
WINZ worker tells of “playing dead” after being shot
A WINZ case manager has described how she “played dead” when a gunman shot her as she hid beneath her desk in the Ashburton office, so that she would not be shot a second time.
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