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The father of murdered student Sophie Elliott is appalled at the prospect of an appeal for the man convicted of her murder.
Clayton Weatherston has lodged an appeal against his murder conviction, but is no longer being represented by Dunedin lawyer Judith Ablett-Kerr QC.
The Crown Law Office is conducting a review of internet publication, after recent cases raised questions over contempt of court and suppression order breaches.
The sister of convicted murderer Clayton Weatherston says he will not appeal his life sentence.
It was "damned awful" being away from home for Clayton Weatherston's trial and it should have been possible to get 12 Otago jurors who were not "attached to the university", Lesley Elliott says.
Lesley Elliott said her family's life had fallen apart and would never be the same.
Convicted murderer Clayton Weatherston is unlikely to be released after serving his 18-year minimum sentence, parole statistics reveal.
The atmosphere in courtroom 1 in Christchurch yesterday reflected the harrowing circumstances of the Sophie Elliott murder.
Labour is criticising the Law Society for saying the defence of provocation should be kept until something better is developed to replace it.
Murder victim Sophie Elliott's mother would rather not return to court next week to again see her daughter's murderer, but feels she must - as "spokesperson for Sophie".
One of the lawyers acting for convicted murderer Clayton Weatherston says there is a "huge level of ignorance" among the public about the relationship between lawyers and their clients and he blames, in part, fictional television programmes such as Boston Legal.
Directing abuse towards Clayton Weatherston's lawyer is misplaced and unacceptable, says the New Zealand Law Society's president.
A former Dunedin priest who sent an email attacking defence tactics in the recent Clayton Weatherston murder trial was chastised for doing so by the presiding judge.
The Corrections Department has written to TV3 regarding a journalist who it said visited Clayton Weatherston in jail without authorisation.
In a frank and revealing interview with Debbie Porteous, in Christchurch, Lesley and Gil Elliott talk about the justice system, their murdered daughter Sophie, her killer and what happened that day.