Families clash as Zane Wallace jailed for murdering Jasmine Wilson
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Zane Wallace admits murdering partner Jasmine Wilson
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A new trial date has yet to be set for Zane Wallace. The trial of his mother continued. Summing up to the jury on Friday, Justice Jill Mallon said Leeann Wallace was accused of being party to her daughter Stevie-Lee Wallace and Stevie-Lee’s father, Steven Wallace, attempting to pervert the course of justice by adversely affecting the police investigation into how Wilson was injured.
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Leeann Michelle Wallace was found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice. The jury had heard that Steven Wallace had visited his son on July 31, 2019, and discovered the seriously injured Wilson.
Jasmine Tamara Wilson, 30, died on August 2, 2019. (File photo) The jury at the High Court in Wellington was told on Tuesday that the trial could not proceed because medical evidence was recently updated and needed further consideration that could not be done in the course of the current trial. Wallace was remanded to appear in court again in July, Justice Jill Mallon said. Wallace pleaded not guilty to the murder charge, along with 18 charges of threatening to cause grievous bodily harm, three charges of threatening to kill, one of demanding with menaces, and one of assaulting another woman. The jury was told he formally admitted several other assaults, and inflicting injuries that resulted in Wilson being taken to hospital.