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  •   Home > News > National

    An Auckland sex worker who lashed out at a customer with a knife, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter

    An Auckland sex worker who lashed out at a customer with a knife, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter


    33-year-old Whitney Iraia-Burgess killed Ghanaian night cleaner Daniel Otess in March last year after severing an artery in his arm and causing major blood-loss.

    He died in a carpark on City Road in Grafton.

    Iraia-Burgess handed herself in after being hunted by Police for several days.

    She will remain on bail at a facility before sentencing in five months.

    © 2024 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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