A man who suffered two strokes and could no longer walk or clean himself was left alone without food for hours in a house by his wife, his sole carer, a ju
A lawyer for the woman accused of allowing her husband to die in his own waste has told jurors a defence expert will say his sores were "very recent".
Edward Gay16:25, May 24 2021
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The High Court in Auckland where a woman is on trial, accused of failing to provide her disabled husband with food, water and medical treatment before he died of blood poisoning.
A woman has gone on trial, accused of failing to provide her disabled husband with food, water and medical help before he died, sitting in his own waste. Malia Unalotokipea Li, who is aged in her 60s, has denied a charge of manslaughter in relation to the death of her 48 year-old husband, Lanitola Epenisa, who died of blood poisoning in 2016. In his opening address at the High Court in Auckland, Crown prosecutor Jasper Rhodes said one of Epenisa’s bed sores, on his buttocks, was so bad it went through to the bone.
Edward Gay16:25, May 24 2021
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The High Court in Auckland where a woman is on trial, accused of failing to provide her disabled husband with food, water and medical treatment before he died of blood poisoning.
A woman has gone on trial, accused of failing to provide her disabled husband with food, water and medical help before he died, sitting in his own waste. Malia Unalotokipea Li, who is aged in her 60s, has denied a charge of manslaughter in relation to the death of her 48-year-old husband, Lanitola Epenisa, who died of blood poisoning in 2016. In his opening address at the High Court in Auckland, Crown prosecutor Jasper Rhodes said one of Epenisa’s bed sores, on his buttocks, was so bad it went through to the bone.