A child abuse expert was quizzed by jurors today about why only one of the Kahui twins was seen to stop breathing around the time he believed that they sustained the brain injuries from which they later died.
A child abuse specialist admits his opinion on the health of the Kahui twins before the first evidence of them being unwell depends on witnesses telling the truth.
Violent force which might not be heard outside the room where it was used was almost certainly used to fatally injure the Kahui twins, a child abuse specialist has told a jury in Auckland.
The Kahui twins may not have been outwardly distressed by fractured ribs they suffered weeks before their deaths, a pathologist has told a High Court murder trial.
Chris Kahui woke up his partner "in a boiling rage" the night before he allegedly fatally injured their twin baby sons, his partner told the High Court in Auckland today.
The mother of twins Chris and Cru Kahui today defended her behaviour at the hospital after the twins were admitted, saying she had no excuses for swearing at a nurse or failing to visit her children.
Defence lawyers have challenged Macsyna King, mother of Chris and Cru Kahui, over her claims that she was not at home when the twins were fatally hurt, saying phone records prove she returned to the house and "lost it".
Chris Kahui told a family member three times he wanted to hand himself in after his twin sons had died, saying he wanted to end everyone's hurt - but did not admit to harming his sons.
Family members of Chris and Cru Kahui have described the moment when one of the twins stopped breathing, but have denied knowing who is responsible for hurting the babies.
The family doctor who assessed the Kahui twins says it was so obvious the twins were unwell he asked their parents if they had been dropped on their heads.
Defence lawyers have challenged Macsyna King, mother of Chris and Cru Kahui, over her claims that she was not at home when the twins were fatally hurt, saying phone records prove she returned to the house and "lost it".
The jury at the trial of Chris Kahui has heard for the first time the double murder accused talk about what happened the evening police believe his twin sons were fatally injured.
Macsyna King's sister has denied she made up a story only in the past two weeks to explain why cellphone records showed the pair in the area the evening Chris and Cru Kahui were fatally injured.
Macsyna King's sister says police asked where the pair drove on the evening twins Chris and Cru were fatally injured, as there were suspicions their story was made up.
Macsyna King never returned to her South Auckland home on the night her twin baby sons Chris and Cru were fatally injured, her sister said today.
A paediatrician has dismissed claims the one-year-old brother of the Kahui twins caused their fatal injuries.
A social worker at Middlemore Hospital told a court today she was concerned and spoke to the mother of Chris and Cru Kahui about the babies not having daily visits from either parent, while they were in the neo-natal unit.
A paediatrician said today Chris Kahui may not have known his twin sons were fatally injured because he was not the babies' main caregiver.
A child's play specialist says Macsyna King, the mother of twins Chris and Cru Kahui, told her the babies had been hurt by their toddler brother.
The trial of Chris Kahui for the murder of his twin sons has been delayed after a television cameraman collapsed in court.
