At issue in the trial was whether Patricia knew her son had killed Wilson, or that Wilson was in the process of dying, when she picked him up and drove him to Fosbender Park, near the Oreti River. In summing up the case on Friday, Justice Gerald Nation said proof of wilful blindness would be proof of knowledge.
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Samuel Moses Samson was found guilty of the murder of Azalia Wilson, after a three-week jury trial in the in High Court at Invercargill in March 2021. Patricia was called as a defence witness on Thursday and said she went to the motel to pick up her granddaughter, she did not see what her son put into and later removed from her X-Trail vehicle and that she left him at Fosbender Park.
Invercargill mother takes stand, denies disposing evidence against son
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Mother takes stand, denies disposing evidence against son
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