Noisy neighbour murder: Cold-blood killer jailed for life Wed, 21 Jul 2021, 12:38PM
Tristan Locke was found guilty of murder after a trial at the High Court in Christchurch. (Photo / Kurt Bayer)
Noisy neighbour murder: Cold-blood killer jailed for life Wed, 21 Jul 2021, 12:38PM
An out-of-work barman who stabbed his neighbour to death in cold-blood after an early-morning row over loud music has today been jailed for at least 10 years.
Tristan Ross Locke, 31, was found guilty of murdering neighbour Mark Graham Cowling, 44, on last Father s Day, September 6, 2020, after a trial at the High Court in Christchurch last month.
American-born Locke became so incensed with Cowling phoning noise control, and cutting power to his flat at least twice over a few hours, that he took a knife, went next door, and stabbed him to death, the trial heard.
At the time, the noise had already sparked 21 noise complaints from residents. The Crown told the jury that on the evening of September 5, Cowling turned off Locke’s power at the central power supply box three times in an attempt to stop the music. After the third time, Locke grabbed a knife from his kitchen and marched over to Cowling’s home to confront him.
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Police investigating a homicide in the Christchurch suburb of Edgeware after a man was killed in a stabbing incident. (Video first published in September 2020) Cowling was stabbed three times and Locke called emergency services while he attempted to put pressure on Cowling’s wounds.
A trial for a Christchurch man who allegedly murdered his neighboured, has entered its third day 26 May 2021
31-year-old Tristan Locke denies murdering Mark Cowling in September last year, after a row about excessive noise.
New Zealand Herald reporter Kurt Bayer says the court heard from a detective who was with Locke after his arrest.
The detective relayed a series of comments Locke made while in custody.
The accused told the officer that he was screwed , and that the guy didn t deserve it .
Locke also told the detective he was intoxicated, and had been for the previous week.
Accused uttered death row, do me a favour when told victim had died Wed, 26 May 2021, 12:27PM
Tristan Locke is standing trial at the High Court in Christchurch accused of murdering Mark Cowling last September. (Photo / Kurt Bayer)
Accused uttered death row, do me a favour when told victim had died Wed, 26 May 2021, 12:27PM
A man arrested for allegedly stabbing his neighbour to death after an early-morning row over loud music told a police officer that guy didn t deserve to die and added, Death row, do me a favour , a court heard today.
Tristan Ross Locke, 31, denies murdering neighbour Mark Cowling, 44, on September 6 last year and is standing trial at the High Court in Christchurch.