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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Murder of Azalia Wilson: Killer s mum - I got rid of some stuff Wed, 21 Jul 2021, 10:13AM
Azalia Wilson was murdered on November 17 in 2019 at the Bavarian Motel in Invercargill. (Photo / Supplied)
Murder of Azalia Wilson: Killer s mum - I got rid of some stuff Wed, 21 Jul 2021, 10:13AM
A mother of a convicted murderer on trial for discarding possible evidence against her son allegedly admitted to two witnesses she had got rid of some stuff .
An ex-colleague and friend of her daughter, Jemma Colvin, gave evidence yesterday on the second day of Patricia Elizabeth Samson s trial at the High Court in Invercargill, where she denies a charge of attempting to defeat the course of justice.