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Rifle examination, blood evidence

Accused murderer Sandy Graham, and the man accused of being accessory after the fact, George Hyde...

Rifle examination, blood evidence

A person could fire a bullet from a rifle similar to that used to kill Dale Watene, without a magazine inserted and without them knowing it was loaded, jurors heard during a murder trial yesterday.

Accused’s rooms were bugged by police

The motel where the woman accused of the murder of Dale Watene stayed was bugged as police thought the search of her house would prompt her to communicate about his death, a court heard yesterday.

Gun's magazine found in friend's wheelie bin, court told

Gun's magazine found in friend's wheelie bin, court told

The magazine of the gun used to kill Dale Watene was found in a red wheelie bin at the property of one of the murder accused’s friends, an Invercargill court has been told.

Gun's magazine found in friend's wheelie bin, court told

The magazine of the gun used to kill Dale Watene was found in a red wheelie bin at the property of one of the murder accused’s friends, an Invercargill court has been told.

Murder trial hears of repeated police searches

Police conducted three searches of addresses of the murder-accused and the man charged with being an accessory after the fact during their investigation into the killing of a former Christchurch man.

Murder trial hears of repeated police searches

Police conducted three searches of the addresses of murder-accused Sandy Graham and the man charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder, Graham Hyde, during their investigation into the killing of Dale Watene.

Police probed site after dog failed to detect body

A police dog with cadaver training failed to detect Dale Watene’s body at the site where he had been buried, a court heard this morning.

Police didn’t realise they had found grave

Police did not realise they had discovered Dale Watene’s burial site - 17 days before his body was found, a court heard yesterday.

Police didn’t realise they had found grave

Police did not realise they had discovered Dale Watene’s burial site — 17 days before his body was found, a court heard yesterday.

Children played as grave dug for body, court told

The man charged with helping a woman accused of murder says they dug a grave to bury Dale Watene in a Southland forest while her children were playing and walking nearby.

Children played as grave dug for body, court told

The man charged with helping a woman accused of murder says they dug a grave to bury Dale Watene in a Southland forest while her children were playing and walking nearby.

Diverted flight delays murder trial

Fog in Christchurch delayed the Dale Watene murder trial.

Diverted flight delays murder trial

Fog has delayed the Dale Watene murder trial for a day.

Murder trial delayed after flight diverted

A plane diversion has caused the Dale Watene murder trial to be delayed for a day.

One rifle shot killed Watene, court told

It took just one fatal shot from a .22 calibre rifle to kill 40-year-old Dale Watene, a court heard yesterday.

Watene trial: Accused 'wished she'd never seen gun'

The woman accused of killing Dale Watene told a friend who had lent her his rifle she wished she had never got or seen the gun, jurors heard today.

Friend was asked to take gun

A friend of a murder-accused was asked by her to keep a rifle at his house a few weeks after Dale Watene was killed and days before police searched her house.

Murder trial told of calls between defendants

An accused murderer made two short calls to the man charged with helping her on the night Dale Watene was killed.

Watene murder trial: 111 phone call made from accused's phone

A 111 phone call made from a murder-accused’s phone on the night a man was killed was probably made by her children who were frightened about a man kicking at their gate, a court heard today.

Watene murder trial: 111 phone call made from accused's phone

A 111 phone call made from a murder-accused’s phone on the night a man was killed was probably made by her children who were frightened about a man kicking at their gate, a court heard today.

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