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Man who attempted to murder his mother not guilty due to insanity
27 Apr, 2021 04:35 AM
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The decision was made in the High Court at Wellington last week. Photo / File
A Lower Hutt man who stabbed his mother multiple times in the face and neck as she begged him to stop has been found not guilty by way of insanity.
Godfrey Okot only stopped stabbing his mother when a neighbour started hitting him with a baseball bat, according to facts provided to the High Court at Wellington.
In a decision released to the Herald, Justice Jan-Marie Doogue said Okot went into his mother s bedroom about 9pm on April 10 last year holding a kitchen knife with a 16cm blade.
Maketū father Aaron Izett sentenced for murder of 2-year-old daughter Nevaeh Ager
2 Feb, 2021 10:00 PM
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The Maketū man responsible for the death of his 2-year-old toddler and assaulting two other people will spend at least 17 years in prison.
Justice Christine Gordon QC sentenced Aaron Izett aka Pascoe, 39, in the High Court at Tauranga today, to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years.
In November a jury found him guilty of one count of murder and two other assault charges.
The murder charge relates to the death of his 2-year-old daughter Nevaeh Ager whose naked body was found by police face down on the tidal flats in Little Waihi estuary on March 21, 2019.