Kim Wilson

Oct 31, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Kim Wilson

Philip Polkinghorne, who was charged with and acquitted of murdering his wife, has been sentenced to community work after a judge said the maximum available fine wouldn't be enough. Polkinghorne was sentenced today for possessing methamphetamine and a methamphetamine pipe. They're charges he pleaded guilty to just as his murder trial got underway in late July. The retired eye surgeon, 71, was the centre of a high-profile eight-week trial at the High Court in Auckland.

Oct 24, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Kim Wilson

A man has appeared in court charged with murder after a woman died in a stabbing on a bus in Auckland on Wednesday. The woman who died is listed in court documents but her name has not been released by police. Police have said the two did not know each other. Bail was not sought for 37-year-old Kael Austin Leona, of Onehunga. He was remanded in custody until a High Court hearing in November. In addition to murder, Leona was charged with threatening to kill another woman on the same day.

Oct 19, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Kim Wilson

Aucklanders are facing monthslong waits and some are having to travel far out of town to sit their driving tests amid a massive backlog. Brayden Harrison recently got his full licence but endured a four-month wait and a drive from Auckland to Thames so he could sit the test. "I checked North Shore, East, West, and South and couldn't get anything," he said. "It was a long, long process."Keen to get a full licence so he could drive at night after a work shift, he checked for a test slot every day.

Sep 24, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Kim Wilson

Kim Baker Wilson attended eight weeks of the Polkinghorne trial in which Polkinghorne and Hanna's lives, histories and families were trawled for evidence. Some moments will stay with him forever. Her voice cut through an otherwise mundane courtroom. It was a shock, surprise piece of evidence that played with little warning. It was Pauline Hanna’s voice. Her cheerful tone. Her angry tone. Her exasperated tone. We heard her way with words in her own words, and so did the jurors.

Sep 22, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Kim Wilson

Jurors deciding the fate of murder-accused Philip Polkinghorne have resumed their second day of deliberations with questions. This morning, they indicated most on the jury do not think there is enough evidence to support Pauline Hanna committing suicide. But the jury has also said some jurors do not think the Crown has given enough evidence to answer whether Polkinghorne murdered his wife. They asked for clarification from Justice Graham Lang today at the High Court in Auckland.