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.
A woman who fatally stabbed her partner on their baby s first birthday has been sentenced to 14 years jail
A woman who fatally stabbed her partner on their baby s first birthday has been sentenced to 14 years jail 10 June 2021
Brendon Hamilton was killed in a flat on Auckland s Dominion Road in May 2019.
His mother, Adoniah Lorigan, has told the High Court in Auckland today she couldn t put in words the pain she has in her heart.
Simeon apologised to Hamilton s family and asked them to forgive her.
The abusive girlfriend who fatally stabbed Brendon Hamilton on their baby's birthday has been jailed for 14 years.
Hamilton's loved ones described the 21-y
Dominion Rd murder: Rikki-Lee Simeon guilty of murdering her partner Brendon Hamilton
24 Feb, 2021 03:28 AM
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A young mother has been found guilty of murdering her 21-year-old partner Brendon Hamilton.
Almost two years after Hamilton died in his Dominion Rd flat and more than two weeks after Rikki-Lee Simeon pleaded not guilty to murder, jurors reached a verdict at 3.40pm on Wednesday.
Hamilton, 21, was stabbed in the neck in the Mt Eden apartment and died the same day his and Simeon s daughter Shyanne turned 1 year old.
Brendon Izaac Lee Hamilton was 21. Photo / Supplied
The unanimous guilty verdict at Auckland High Court brought some tears of relief to Hamilton s family, who d waited for justice since May 18, 2019.