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.
St Dominic s celebrates sesquicentennial
22 Feb, 2021 01:26 AM
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A cheery wave from St Dominic s just before they pass under the railway bridge. Photo / Paul Brooks
Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz
At 7.30am, on February 18, 1871, 10 pioneering Irish Dominican Sisters arrived at Port Chalmers with the Reverend Doctor Moran, the newly appointed Bishop of Dunedin, who had travelled with the Sisters from Ireland.
To celebrate 150 years since their arrival, known as Foundresses Day, staff and students from St Dominic s in Whanganui celebrated with a Te Deum at the church of St Anthony s last Thursday.
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FILE - In this March 30, 2020 file photo, My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington. Lindell, an avid supporter of President Donald Trump, who has continued to push the notion of election fraud since Trump lost to Joe Biden in the presidential election in November, said his products will no longer be carried in the stores of some retailers, including Bed Bath & Beyond and Kohl s. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)