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      Home > News > National > Lower North Island

    A conviction's been overturned for a former Napier City councillor found guilty of drowning his wife in a Canadian lake ...and he may go to trial for a third time

    A conviction's been overturned for a former Napier City councillor found guilty of drowning his wife in a Canadian lake ...and he may go to trial for a third time


    Kiwi Peter Beckett was found guilty of killing Laura Letts-Beckett in a second trial in 2017 - after a hung jury in the first.

    Canadian news website, Castanet, is reporting the British Colombia Court of Appeal found mistakes by the presiding justice and Crown prosecutors in the second trial.

    The elementary school teacher died more than 10 years ago while the couple were fishing in small inflatable boat, northeast of Vancouver.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Lower North Island News
     15 Sep: Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal crash in Newbury near Palmerston North
     15 Sep: On person has died at Hawke's Bay Regional Prison after being found in their cell by staff
     14 Sep: A Palmerston North boy racer has been sentenced to nine months home detention, for his involvement in the death of a teenage girl
     14 Sep: A person's died following a single-vehicle crash in Manawatu, west of Palmerston North
     14 Sep: Emergency services have closed Hansens Line, in Palmerston North, due to a serious crash
     13 Sep: The Hawke's Bay men's NPC rugby team can now claim to be "the Bay"
     13 Sep: The Bay of Plenty Volcanix have won their local derby in the women's Farah Palmer Cup, thrashing the visiting Hawke's Bay Tui 62-17
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     Today's News

    		 Soccer:
    Goals aplenty in this morning's European Champions League football matches 8:07

     National:
    A UN finding of genocide in Gaza adds pressure on NZ to recognise a Palestinian state 8:07

     Entertainment:
    Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are still "very interested in each other" 8:01

     Cricket:
    Ben Sears is ready to hit the bowling crease again 7:57

     Environment:
    An old building near Porirua is set to be knocked down, to make way for an open grassed area 7:47

     Business:
    An expert says the economy is failing to gain momentum 7:37

     Entertainment:
    Brandon Blackstock's children are "taking it one day at a time" after losing their dad 7:31

     Business:
    Many are predicting a fall in GDP for quarter two 7:27

     International:
    Donald Trump arrives at Windsor Castle and greeted by British royal family for unprecedent second UK state visit 7:27

     Law and Order:
    Canterbury police are appealing for information about a 66-year-old woman missing from the Whitewash Heads, Scarborough area 7:27

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