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  •   Home > News > National

    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.

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     Other National News
     29 Mar: Investigations continue after a serious assault at a restaurant in Auckland's Browns Bay shortly before six last night
     29 Mar: Christchurch Police have arrested three people, summonsed 11 others, and impounded 13 vehicles after the Chrome car show earlier this month
     28 Mar: State Highway One is has now reopened between Kaikoura and Riverlands - after a two-vehicle collision at Kekerengu, north of Kaikoura, this morning
     28 Mar: One person is dead after an incident involving a vehicle in Christchurch's Westmorland, on Happy Home Road
     28 Mar: Two people charged in relation to alleged abuse towards two young children in Lower Hutt have both pleaded NOT guilty
     28 Mar: A helicopter's flying a person to Dunedin Hospital from a crash at Paringa, on State Highway Six, in Tasman
     28 Mar: Family and friends are gathering on the East Coast for the tangi of a Gisborne brawl victim
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     Today's News

    Law and Order:
    Investigations continue after a serious assault at a restaurant in Auckland's Browns Bay shortly before six last night 9:47

    Business:
    Innovative New Zealand apple producing company Rockit is focussing on its international expansion 9:27

    Entertainment:
    John Lydon felt as if he lost "half" of himself when his wife died 9:23

    Golf:
    To a Foxy-finish with a flourish on golf's PGA Tour.. 9:07

    Entertainment:
    Jessie James Decker's husband Eric has had a vasectomy 8:53

    Entertainment:
    Inside Islamic State's transformation, from life support to 'slaughtering with gusto' 8:37

    Entertainment:
    Joely Richardson struggled to find an agent after she turned 50 8:23

    Rugby:
    Ardie Savea insists an elevation to All Blacks captain is the last thing on his mind as he continues his season in Japan 8:17

    International:
    A global cocoa shortage could soon impact the price of chocolate, and PNG growers are cashing in 8:07

    Rugby:
    Chiefs Manawa fullback Renee Holmes is sceptical over a merge between Super Rugby Aupiki and the Australian Super W competition in the near future 8:07


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