The 18-year-old girlfriend who fatally stabbed Brendan Hamilton to death is jailed for 14 years. Hamilton was stabbed in the neck during a confrontation on his daughter s first birthday.
Dominion Rd murder trial: Girlfriend said stabbed partner was being dramatic
22 Feb, 2021 01:49 AM
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Rikki-Lee Simeon is on trial after pleading not guilty to murder. Photo / Supplied
A teenager accused of murder claimed her boyfriend was being dramatic shortly before he was killed at the couple s apartment.
Rikki-Lee Simeon has denied murdering her partner Brendon Hamilton, 21, who died after being stabbed in the neck at his Dominion Rd flat in May 2019.
On Monday, forensic pathologist Dr Rexon Tse told the High Court in Auckland the fatal injury could have resulted in theory from many scenarios, including a struggle.
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A furious 18-year-old plunged the biggest knife she could find into her boyfriend's neck, a prosecutor told murder trial jurors today.
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A furious 18-year-old plunged the biggest knife she could find into her boyfriend s neck, a prosecutor told murder trial jurors today.
Rikki-Lee Te Mauriora Simeon has denied murdering Brendon Hamilton, the father of her child, at a Dominion Rd apartment in May 2019.
Crown prosecutor Kirsten Lummis said the Auckland couple s relationship was peppered with violence and the young parents had handed care of their baby to a Rotorua relative.
Lummis told the High Court in Auckland that Hamilton complained in 2018 about Simeon being violent, angry and jealous.