A Moment In Crime: Murder in the Sounds - a most controversial case
6 May, 2021 12:00 AM
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Convicted murderer Scott Watson. Photo / Supplied
It was the early hours of New Year s Day in 1997 when it happened.
Ben Smart and Olivia Hope were among 1500 revellers at a party at Furneaux Lodge in the Marlborough Sounds in the South Island of New Zealand.
The pair, who had been friends since they were young, decided to turn in and made their way to the boat where Olivia was staying over the New Year period.
Furneaux Lodge. Photo / NZME
But when they arrived the boat was chocka - the beds were all taken and there was nowhere left for them to sleep.