In the High Court at Invercargill, Justice Rachel Dunningham gave a summary of the trial of five people charged with the murder of 19-year-old Jack McAllister. Mr McAllister died from injuries suffered during an attack at Stadium Southland on June 7 last year. The Crown alleged the 24-year-old woman with name suppression knew ‘‘exactly what was planned’’ on the night Mr McAllister was killed. However, the defence asked the jury have regard to the background of a sexual assault Mr McAllister had been accused of. The defence accepted Brown intended to punch Mr McAllister, but said the jury could not infer he knew of Whiting-Roff’s intention to kill.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 05, 2018 20:37 UTC