Denver Chance murder trial: Worries after awesome flatmate went off the grid
10 Mar, 2021 04:50 AM
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Jay Christopher Lingman has pleaded not guilty to murdering Denver Chance. File photo / RNZ
An alleged cocaine importer in suburbia kept his illicit life secret and was a near-perfect flatmate, murder trial jurors heard today.
Gregory Flannagan knew about Denver Chance s healthy eating, creative writing and poetry interests.
Auckland man Denver Chance died in 2019. Photo / Supplied
Flannagan also knew Chance in the past had run-ins with the law and drugs, Auckland High Court was told.
But Flannagan said Chance, 43, was embarrassed about the past and showed no desire to be in the drug trade.
Photos: Russell s tall ships race 2021
10 Jan, 2021 03:59 PM
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Racing catamaran Apache guns towards the finishing line in the all-comers division, passing yachts still heading to the first mark. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Racing catamaran Apache guns towards the finishing line in the all-comers division, passing yachts still heading to the first mark. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
More than 70 vessels from a tiny junk-rigged boat to giant racing catamarans completed Saturday s Tall Ships and Classic Invitational Race in the Bay of Islands in near-perfect conditions.